Translation, Please?
wth is up with Hillary! lately?!
Some Pakistani officials were more informed about Al-Qaeda and Taliban than they let on”, Clinton told CBS in an interview.
“I’m not saying that they’re at the highest levels but I believe that somewhere in this government are people who know where Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda is, where Mullah Omar and the leadership of the Afghan Taliban is and we expect more cooperation to help us bring to justice, capture or kill, those who attacked us on 9/11,"she said.
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We’ve made it very clear that if, heaven-forbid, an attack like this [Times Square FAIL-bomber] that we can trace back to Pakistan were to have been successful, there would be very severe consequences,” [Hillary] had said.
TWO pre-conditions for severe consequences:
1] traceable to Pakistan
2] successful
So, try as many times as you like, create as much havoc and, well, terror as you like: just do not succeed. ...or else ...something.
Asked what she meant exactly [by “severe consequences"] , she said, “I think I’ll let that speak for itself."
Times of India—India having somewhat of a stake in this situation—has some commentary....
The import of Clinton’s remarks was not immediately clear. Several terrorist attacks in the US and across the world, including 9/11, the London subway bombing, and the Mumbai massacre of 26/11, have been traced to Pakistan with very little consequence.
Well, some “consequences”:
The US policy in this regard has largely been to shovel more money in the form of military and economic aid to Pakistan in the hopes of weaning it away from extremism, a policy that has not worked in the past.
“..Asked what she meant exactly [by “severe consequences"].."
The U.N. used that very phrase in the last of its mighty resolutions hurled at Saddam Hussein.
It’s diplomatic-speak for “we’re gonna beat the crap outta you”.
Evidently His Magnificence’s administration is ready to redefine that to “we’re gonna severely cut off your supply of tandoori chicken”.
On the other hand, she didn’t say “severe consequences” to whom. Had it been successful, the consequences would have been pretty severe to us.
Posted by ZZMike on 05/11/10 at 10:04 PM
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