I guess we're running out of pallettes of cash to buy friends with.

Years ago when my kid, aged 4 or so, refused to comply I said I'd count to 10 and he'd "better do what I say or else."

He was afraid of what "or else" could possibly be and so he complied. In the intervening 4 years the counting threat has worked. All I have to do is say, "I'll count to..." and he's complying before I say the number.

The first time I pulled this trick my wife asked, "If he didn't do it, what would the punishment have been?" "I have no idea" was my response.

I fear the day when he says, "I'll take the 'or else'" or waits for me to get to the number and say, "You're in trouble now!" because he thinks what he's doing is more than worth the punishment. I still have no idea what I'll do. There was no "or else." Hasn't ever been an "or else." But whatever it was/is had better be so awesomely horrendous that it'll justify all the compliance it's wrung out of him. If I don't drop the routine soon the punishment will have to be something like castration or amputating his nose. (The wife won't allow that, of course.)

"We're running out of patience, Pakistan" is the same kind of thing. Anything we do is very likely to make Pakistan even less dependent on us, even less compliant than she is now, and make for worse conditions for us.

All we're doing is blowing up huge groups of their people, then labeling them all terrorists, even the women and children. Damn, you just can't get no appreciation!?! I mean we always welcome it when people from another country come here and kill our citizens, like 9/11, Oh wait, maybe not. Hmmmmm....

Us, being the worlds biggest bully and terrorist.

Seems to me our bullying in the ME from Pakistan to Yemen to perhaps Syria as well,... the industrial military complex has ordered for the enemies of tomorrow to be created today so they can have a positive long term growth outlook.

when their elections are openly stolen right before the eyes of the people, a theft which we endorsed with a glowing press conference. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that open corruption and nepotism infest the ruling order that we installed and maintain. Until these two things are addressed, nothing will change.

I don't see how bombing people in Pakistan will fix that.

just start helping out India.

We seem to be considering doing so.

Of course a better solution might be just to leave Afghanistan as quickly as possible. We accomplished the primary goal of that effort years ago. Our military is good at destroying things but we suck at nation rebuilding.

If I were President (and I will admit that it is a damn good thing that I am not), my policy would be that if a nation attacks us or sponsors terrorists that do, we will put it back into the stone age and leave. I suspect that we would only have to do this once. We might be hated by other nations but we are anyhow. We would probably only have to do this once and the word would go out to not fuck with the United States. Sometimes it's better to be respected than to try to be liked.

That will work wonders.

Obviously they are taking advantage of us and are not our friends but they haven't directly attacked our nation or sponsored terrorists who did.

It is my feeling that if we offer aid to a nation, especially military aid, it should be to those who are our friends.

I firmly opposed engaging in warfare against nations merely because we wish to overthrow a dictator and increase our power in a region of the world. Iraq is such an example.

Pakistani ISI had given specific instructions to kill Americans and Jews.

The wire transfer of $100,000 for 9/11 came from Pakistani ISI.via Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, an ISI asset known to Indian intelliegence.

Pakistan has ALWAYS been at war with the US while shamelessly taking the money and military hardware.

How long do you want us to be fooled by this enemy?

you will notice that I do not favor giving money to a nation that might well use it to attack us.

I instead suggested offering support to India who might well prove to be a better friend.

That appears to be your sole interest.

Does it really bother you THAT much when Pakistan's terrorist apparatus and duplicitous behavior is exposed?

Violence explodes as dozens killed across different regions in Afghanistan

http://www.freep.com/article/20120607/NEWS07/206070576/Violence-explodes-as-dozens-killed-across-different-regions-in-Afghanistan

...then I suppose the Pakistanders will probably have to find themselves a new ''partner'' in the GWOT.

- I wonder if Russia is looking for new friends? Or maybe China?


''Power never takes a back step, only in the face of more power.'' ~Malcolm X