The lead staff op-ed in today's Chicago Tribune,
"The founding of Terroristan", hits the nail on the head.
A "peace treaty?" No, not exactly.
Instead, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's deal with tribal elders and pro-Taliban militants in the border area of North Waziristan "sounds like a capitulation".
But, of course, it is certainly comforting to know that Pakistan officials are spinning out assurances that the deal does not mean Osama bin Laden had been granted "amnesty." See also, here.
Clearly, this deal by our idiot Preznit's loyal ally, Musharraf, "is a setback in the war on terror".
And why might that be? Oh well, just because:
It seems entirely likely that this area will become a sanctuary for terrorists, a protected place for them to regroup and rearm, a miniature version of what Afghanistan had become before the U.S. routed the Taliban starting in 2001.
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I don't diary often, but this "Terroristan" issue is damned important and needs to be front and center. See earlier excellent diaries,
here,
here and
here.
I will defer a long analytical summary of relevant context here: the abandoning of Afghanistan, the missed opportunity at Tora Bora, Chimpie not thinking much about OSL, instaed pursuing a muderous war of aggression in Iraq based on bald-faced lies, strutting like a cod-pieced peacock on "Mission Accomplished" day, the ongoing mayhem, tens of thousands of innocents dead, the increasing incidents of terrorism all across the globe, Chimpie's falling security numbers, etc., etc., and just say this, again:
"Terroristan ... a setback in the war on terror."
Let's not miss this important issue.