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Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Hidden Agendas

John Pilger (Leftist-Liberal)
Behind the jargon about failed states and humanitarian interventions lie thousands of dead.
...Pakistan's former foreign minister Niaz Naik has revealed that he was told by senior American officials in mid-July [2001] that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October [2001]. The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, was then travelling in central Asia, already gathering support for an anti-Afghanistan war "coalition". For Washington, the real problem with the Taliban was not human rights; these were irrelevant. The Taliban regime simply did not have total control of Afghanistan...
Wow. Rice's new policy BEFORE 9/11 involved plans to invade Afghanistan!

Which is true: Was Rice's pre-9/11 strategy on neutralizing Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan more or less aggressive/effective than Clarke's proposed strategy?

The argument that Rice & Co. were weak on terrorism is just stupid. From an academic/theoretical standpoint you can make this argument, but from a political standpoint this accusation is laughable. No one who isn't already going to vote against Bush will believe it.

Kerry old bean, don't let Clarke distract you. You should stick to the economy and healthcare, because national security issues are a loser.

http://pilger.carlton.com/print/88462
Posted by: Zayphar / 3/31/2004 04:51:00 PM
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