Things like this just send a chill through my fucking blood:
"Vice President Cheney made an unannounced trip to Pakistan today and urged President Pervez Musharraf to step up efforts to counter resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda activities in the lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan ahead of the radical Islamic groups' impending 'spring offensive'."
Just like Darth Vader inspecting the Death Star, no doubt. Besides, didn't we sign off on Musharraf's handling of the situation?
Update: Cheney gets greeted as a liberator:
"The Taleban have claimed responsibility for the attack and said that Mr Cheney was their intended target. However, American forces said the explosion was not a threat to the Vice-President, who was about a mile away at the time."
Jeez...I thought the Taliban were defeated. I guess Time Magazine is more prescient than pessimistic now.
No doubt. And the breaking news this morning is that Al Kada almost blowed him up! Yeah, right...
ReplyDeleteWonder if he was, perhaps, given pause about his assumptions by something like this?
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