Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and the War On Terror
Posted by: dianej on: July 19, 2008
I read an interesting article today on Foxnews.com about Al Qaeda moving out of Iraq to Afghanistan. and would like to present it to you for educational reasons. This makes sense to me bacause the terraine is such that they could possible have an advantage in Afghanistan. In addition, Pakistan is right there. I sure hope we don’t go to war with Pakistan. I am getting bad vibes, however, when Senator Obama said that they we could be out of Iraq within a 16 month time-frame and move more troops to Afghanistan I got chills because I recall him saying that the U.S. must be willing and able to strike in Pakistan back in August, 2007.
A few hours ago it was reported that Senator McCain critized Obama’s most recent comments on unilateral action in Pakistan saying that Obama’s assertion on unilateral action will make it harder to enlist Islamabad’s full support in the war on terror.
For more info I would like to refer to you a most interesting blog located on the washington post site. I really hope the candidate for peace (Obama) doesn’t bring us into World War III.
2 Responses to "Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and the War On Terror"
July 20, 2008 at 2:37 am
Thank you for reading my blog and for your interesting comment. The questions you raise are “spot” on and I pray to God we (the U.S.A.) do not violate another state’s sovereignty. I don’t want to see World War III !
Again, I really do thank you for your comment.
Regards,
DianeJ
July 19, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Taking the war to Pakistan is perhaps the most foolish thing America can do. Obama is not the first to suggest it, and we already have sufficient evidence of the potentially negative repercussions of such an action. On January 13, 2006, the United States launched a missile strike on the village of Damadola, Pakistan. Rather than kill the targeted Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, the strike instead slaughtered 17 locals. This only served to further weaken the Musharraf government and further destabilize the entire area. In a nuclear state like Pakistan, this was not only unfortunate, it was outright stupid. Pakistan has 160 million people (better than half of the population of the entire Arab world). Pakistan also has the support of China and a nuclear arsenal.
I predict that America’s military action in the Middle East will enter the canons of history alongside Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Holocaust, in kind if not in degree. The Bush administration’s war on terror marks the age in which America has again crossed a line that many argue should never be crossed. Call it preemption, preventive war, the war on terror, or whatever you like; there is a sense that we have again unleashed a force that, like a boom-a-rang, at some point has to come back to us. The Bush administration argues that American military intervention in the Middle East is purely in self-defense. Others argue that it is pure aggression. The consensus is equally as torn over its impact on international terrorism. Is America truly deterring future terrorists with its actions? Or is it, in fact, aiding the recruitment of more terrorists?
The last thing the United States should do at this point and time is to violate yet another state’s sovereignty. Beyond being wrong, it just isn’t very smart. We all agree that slavery in this country was wrong; as was the decimation of the Native American populations. We all agree that the Holocaust and several other acts of genocide in the twentieth century were wrong. So when will we finally admit that American military intervention in the Middle East is wrong as well?