Remember, how Taliban were created and empowered by the States. Now they are being sought by the States or so we are told. Remember how, during the Gulf War, Iraq and States were friends. Now, Iraq has been invaded and ruined.
Pakistan is going through the same deal now. History is repeating itself. Mankind is near retardation b/c it has obviously not learned it’s lessons from the previous conflicts. States calls Pakistan her ally while making her attack her own people. I have started wondering who exactly is behind Swat’s takeover by the Taliban. Is it that States allowed the Taliban to cross-over into Pakistan and then take over Swat? Did States give the Taliban weapons again like they did years ago? Are Taliban just another pawn in this game of power, control and manipulation? These questions are racing through my head right now and my soul is screaming for Justice.
Obama Administration Seeks Extraordinary Military Powers in Pakistan
By Bill Van Auken
May 03, 2009 “WSWS” — The Obama administration is increasingly treating its growing intervention in Pakistan as a separate counter-insurgency war for which it is demanding the same kind of extraordinary military powers obtained by the Bush administration in Afghanistan and Iraq.
This was the main message delivered by Pentagon officials on Capitol Hill over the last few days, together with increasingly dire warnings that without immediate and unconditional US military funding for Pakistan, the government could collapse.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Congress Thursday that unless it quickly approved some $400 million requested by the Pentagon for a new Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund the Pakistani military would run out of funding within weeks for its operations against insurgents in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and other areas of western Pakistan.
In his testimony, Gates also revealed that, even after the planned closure of the Guantanamo detention center, the US government may still imprison up to 100 of the inmates without charges or trials. The administration asked Congress for $50 million to build prison facilities in the US for detainees it claims are dangerous but cannot be tried, principally because the supposed evidence against them was extracted through torture.
The proposed $400 million in military aid for Pakistan is part of an $83.5 billion supplemental funding bill requested by Obama, the vast majority of which goes to pay for continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read the full article here.
Imperialism has re-surfaced again. States legacy of control and manipulation continues. As our lives in North America are invaded even more in form of recession, I have started wondering if this situation would escalate into something worse.
People placed some hope in Obama but he started on the wrong track. First he invested money in the Wall Street; then he strategically relocated some detainees into prisons other than Guantanamo. Don’t forget that most of these detainees are just people who were swept away from streets and homes.
In his testimony, Gates also revealed that, even after the planned closure of the Guantanamo detention center, the US government may still imprison up to 100 of the inmates without charges or trials. The administration asked Congress for $50 million to build prison facilities in the US for detainees it claims are dangerous but cannot be tried, principally because the supposed evidence against them was extracted through torture.
Not to forget that he is going to use excessive force in Pakistan. Phew! and he talks about equality of races. Cheap talk! Nobody is buying that anymore.
