Comments on: Pakistanis Growing Frustrated With U.S. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pakistanis_growing_frustrated_with_us_/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:28:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: William d'Inger http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pakistanis_growing_frustrated_with_us_/comment-page-1/#comment-232380 William d'Inger Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:33:42 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/pakistanis_growing_frustrated_with_us_/#comment-232380 That's a dangerous situation. Pakistan could easily implode into fundamentalist religious chaos giving terrorists possession of WMDs. The U.S. erred on the side of democracy by undercutting support for the Shah of Iran, and we know what happened there. If it's a matter of maintaining the status quo in Pakistan versus having New York or Washington nuked, I think our national security trumps the alternative. As for the "they hate us" stories, they are of no significance. The MSM can always find some malcontent in the bazaars of Karachi to quote when they need a hate fix. It's SOP when a Republican occupies the White House. Our position on the Musharraf issue won't change a think in that respect. That's a dangerous situation. Pakistan could easily implode into fundamentalist religious chaos giving terrorists possession of WMDs. The U.S. erred on the side of democracy by undercutting support for the Shah of Iran, and we know what happened there. If it's a matter of maintaining the status quo in Pakistan versus having New York or Washington nuked, I think our national security trumps the alternative.

As for the "they hate us" stories, they are of no significance. The MSM can always find some malcontent in the bazaars of Karachi to quote when they need a hate fix. It's SOP when a Republican occupies the White House. Our position on the Musharraf issue won't change a think in that respect.

]]> By: John Burgess http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pakistanis_growing_frustrated_with_us_/comment-page-1/#comment-232378 John Burgess Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:30:16 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/pakistanis_growing_frustrated_with_us_/#comment-232378 The fact that most Pakistani lawyers subscribe to the Euro-leftist view of liberty is a bit off-putting: Maximum liberty as long as it feels good. It doesn't have to be responsible, only couched in politically correct terms. The fact that most Pakistani lawyers subscribe to the Euro-leftist view of liberty is a bit off-putting: Maximum liberty as long as it feels good. It doesn't have to be responsible, only couched in politically correct terms.

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pakistanis_growing_frustrated_with_us_/comment-page-1/#comment-232280 Dave Schuler Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:22:38 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/pakistanis_growing_frustrated_with_us_/#comment-232280 The greatest equipment with which you can meet life is effrontery. The greatest equipment with which you can meet life is effrontery.

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