So the United Kingdom is going to go to war with Pakistan, right?

Tweed

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:31 PM
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So the United Kingdom is going to go to war with Pakistan, right?

I mean they were attacked by terrorists that were trained in that country. The Pakistani government is a festering cauldron for terrorists. Shouldn't the United Kingdom take out Pakistan ala United States, 9/11, & Afghanistan? It would be their best defense IMO. Why haven't we been hearing plans for an invasion?

:sarcasm:

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maxsolomon

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:32 PM
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1. the proper target would be

YEMEN

since it had nothing to do with it.

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TrueAmerican

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:34 PM
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2. How much oil does Yemen have?

How about Venezuela?

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ET Awful

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:35 PM
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3. I was going to say Brazil, but Yemen will do.

Maybe the United Arab Emirates?

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Tesla

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:36 PM
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5. How bout Niger

It started all this.....

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XemaSab

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:36 PM
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4. India is next door to pakistan

and you and I both know that Britain would *LOVE* to have that little piece of real estate back in the empire.

They'd see a big jump in job creation, too.

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Tweed

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:47 PM
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7. I wouldn't mind having that

piece of land in our empire, if you know what I mean.

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Brotherjohn

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:37 PM
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6. I was thinking Iran, but same idea.

Edited on Thu Jul-14-05 02:37 PM by Brotherjohn

The M.O. doesn't change:

The terrorists are from our ally (Pakistan/Saudi Arabia), so attack somebody we don't like that had nothing to do with it (Iran/Iraq).

Why? Well, I guess just because, well, we don't like them.

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stray cat

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Thu Jul-14-05 02:49 PM
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8. No Pakistan has nuclear weapons

For the Bush doctrine to be active the non-offending country must not have nuclear weapons or any type of weapons of mass destruction.

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Village Idiot

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Thu Jul-14-05 03:01 PM
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9. Following this flawed logic...

Edited on Thu Jul-14-05 03:02 PM by Village Idiot

The USA would be the UK's next target, for training the Paki/Afghani mujuhadeen with ISI support for all those years...

Hmmm....this could get a little DICEY!!!

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Tweed

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Thu Jul-14-05 03:05 PM
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10. Yikes

I didn't even think about that. Hopefully they will be led by Cornwall's descendants!

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Tommymac

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Thu Jul-14-05 03:08 PM
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11. Nah, France is the obvious choice.

It's closer, has a long history of opposing British interests, and is whining about not getting the olympics.

Definitly France.

:sarcasm:

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