Afghanistan: Pakistan accused of backing Taliban

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by August

Bull. We had all the pretext we needed when Saddam shot at our aircraft patrolling the no fly zone in violation of the cease fire agreement.

Which had nothing to do with 9/11....
If everyone waged a full scale invasion under those kind of pretexts, Turkey and Greece would be at war as would North and South Korea, not to mention India and Pakistan and god knows who else, where incidents like that take place frequently.
And its pretty selective if you ask me. If it was Russia or china shooting at one our planes I dont think we would be quite so bold.

Originally Posted by August

Your feelings are laudable but how rotten would you feel if Saddam having been left in power had taken the revenge we both know he was itching for?

Thats very big if#, especially considering he had nothing much to take revenge with. WMDs my foot.

Either our intelligence got it wrong.
or Bush and Blair lied to us.

Take your pick.

[Platapus]

Pakistan has been accused of playing a double game, acting as America's ally in public while secretly training and arming its enemy in Afghanistan according to US intelligence.

In other breaking news it appears that not only is water wet but fire appears to be hot.

[August]

Originally Posted by JU_88

Which had nothing to do with 9/11....

I never said it did. You were the one who claimed that. Personally I saw the removal of Saddam as little more than a case of finishing off ones present enemy in order to concentrate on a new one.

Saddam still in power and growing in strength as western attention waned was a threat not to be ignored.

Thats very big if#, especially considering he had nothing much to take revenge with. WMDs my foot.

Nothing much to take revenge with? Are you serious? How about a few gazillion petro dollars and dictatorial powers? You seriously think that they wouldn't be all he needed?

Either our intelligence got it wrong.
or Bush and Blair lied to us.

Take your pick.

I pick instead that Saddam was the architect of his own fate and that the world is a better place without him.