Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Poll: Bin Laden tops Musharraf in Pakistan - CNN.com
Osama Bin Laden has a 46% approval rating and Musharraf has a 38% approval
rating inside of Pakistan.
Seventy-four percent said they oppose U.S. military action against al Qaeda and the Taliban inside Pakistan.
Asked their opinion on the real purpose of the U.S.-led war on terror, 66 percent of poll respondents said they believe the United States is acting against Islam or has anti-Muslim motivation. Others refused to answer the question or said they did not know.
There were a few bright spots in the poll results, however. Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto -- a relatively moderate and progressive figure, as well as a woman -- had a 63 percent approval rating.
Seventy-five percent of poll respondents said suicide bombings are rarely or never justified.
Ok, so 75% of the people say suicide bombings are rarely or never justified, but they seem to think that the 9/11 attacks were ok? The nerve of these "people" really chaps my ass. But wait, it gets better.
And a majority of Pakistanis said their opinion of the United States would improve if, among other things, there were increases in American aid to Pakistan, American business investments and the number of visas issued for Pakistanis to work in the United States.
They must be out of their minds if they think that's ever going to happen. First off, they seem to have quickly forgotten our help in the 2005 earthquake that they had that killed upwards of 90,000 people. If they are so quick to forget that unconditional help and their views on us is so poor, why should we even BEGIN to bother to help them out or invest in their country?
It's the same bullshit you hear from Palestinians. "Death to America! Death to Israel!.....hey, can you spare a few bucks?" You wouldn't give money to someone like that who threatened you and talked crap about you all day long, so how is Pakistan any different?
Pakistan should thank it's lucky stars that we're not going in there now. They like to think America is hated around the world universally, but everyone is still on board to get Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.
Labels: al-qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Pervez Musharraf, Report
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Iraq says won't disband police despite U.S. report | Reuters
Well thank God they actually have a brain in their heads:
Iraq's Interior Ministry said the report represented only one point of view and that while sectarianism was an issue it was being dealt with, and in any case was not widespread.
"We respect that point of view but we disagree with it," ministry spokesman Brigadier-General Abdul-Kareem Khalaf said.
"We admit there were some problems before due to sectarian loyalties but this involved just a few people. It was not widespread ... it does not reach the level of disbanding the police," Khalaf said.
"We have taken many steps to end these violations," he said.
Disbanding any police force, regardless of the level of corruption, would lead to widespread chaos and violence. With respect to General Jones, I don't think he thought this one through enough to see the long term consequences of a disbanding of the Iraqi police might have on the nation.
Travis
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
U.S. report says Iraq Interior Ministry 'dysfunctional' - CNN.com
An independent report is now saying that the Interior Ministry is "dysfunctional and sectarian" and should be "disbanded and reorganized". Didn't we already do that once and it came back to bite us in the ass when people were all of a sudden unemployed and pissed?
Well at least the Pentagon isn't going down that road again:
The Pentagon said Wednesday it does not agree with the report's recommendation that the Iraqi National Police be disbanded.
Think about that for a minute, they want to disband the Iraqi police force. Sure, there's always going to be rogue officers and corruption in any police department, even ones here in the US, but to completely disband the police is insanity.
But then they turn around and make this comment:
The report says the "Iraqi Police Service must be better trained and equipped," and the commission "believes that the Iraqi Police Service can improve rapidly should the Ministry of Interior become a more functional institution."
So do they need just better training and equipment or do they need to be disbanded and reorganized?
But it's not all bad news.
The report has promising words for the Iraqi army, special forces, navy and air force, describing them as "increasingly effective" and "capable of assuming greater responsibility for the internal security of Iraq."
So the Iraqi police force needs work, but the military is working out pretty well. If that's the case, then work on the police force, don't disband them. It'll lead to lawlessness and higher levels of violence.
Do I really need to get a job writing reports for Congress? Because it appears that these idiots don't have a clue when it comes to repercussions of their words.
Travis
Labels: Congress, iraq, Report
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