tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post103607180533794941..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #11328Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-14716486499270150852011-11-27T12:00:04.732-06:002011-11-27T12:00:04.732-06:00CKM,
Well, I confess to being among the relativel...CKM,<br /><br />Well, I confess to being among the relatively ignorant American masses when it comes to understanding our actions relative to Pakistan and India - short of the obvious resource issues that have become apparent in the last 10 years (and drive our actions in the "stans" regardless of the "freedom" jaw-flapping out of DC). Hmmm . . . we do get highly trained tech workers really cheap so our home-grown highly trained tech workers can collect unemployment. And with the wonders of the internet we don't even have to import them as much as we used to - they can stay in Islamabad or Delhi dressing oddly and worship what they wish and not upset the sensibilities of upstanding American WASPs. Ah well, I digress.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-32657744197877505552011-11-27T03:48:21.132-06:002011-11-27T03:48:21.132-06:00Oh, to see ourselves as others... Pakistan and th...Oh, to see ourselves as others... Pakistan and the US are like tectonic plates, grinding againstg each other, heading in different directions toward an inevitable release of the pressure. Stepping back from the odd US war in Afghanistan and looking (with some historical perspective) at the geopolitics of the great arc of the Indian Ocean might help explain the conflict between the US thirst for influence and the Pakistani struggle to exist.<br /><br />US arrogance doesn't help, but subtlety and sensitivity in the Great Game are not US hallmarks. It seems inevitable that the Americans are about to get another geography lesson. <br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-54329285022701540802011-11-27T00:12:38.578-06:002011-11-27T00:12:38.578-06:00RE "Kettle, Bubbling" The security forc...RE "Kettle, Bubbling" The security forces are acting with "restraint" and 4 are dead, doesn't bode well. And meanwhile, in other disturbing news that doesn't bode well . . . "24 troops dead in NATO helicopter attack" and "US expresses condolences to Pakistan". You just can't make up this stuff. So, if you were an average Abdul in Karachi, why wouldn't you conclude that Pakistan was at war with the US? Which leads one to wonder when Pakistan might make it so.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-83186381948881400382011-11-26T18:25:28.167-06:002011-11-26T18:25:28.167-06:00"On close reading, nothing in the Constitutio..."On close reading, nothing in the Constitution says...<br /><br />Hello CK: Been a while. Sorry for that. Busy. <br /><br />No, the constitution seems not to cover occasions arising from uprising, yes? Problem? It was always an elitist piece of shit, imo. Just my opinion. Make of it what you will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-91442757586707049692011-11-26T12:40:32.252-06:002011-11-26T12:40:32.252-06:00CK I love you sense of humor and sarcasm. Basicall...CK I love you sense of humor and sarcasm. Basically the world is screwed and no one will save us.Queenbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726258173148844436noreply@blogger.com