http://www.juancole.com/2009/10/pakistan-begins-major-campaign-in-s.html Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.juancole.com/2009/10/pakistan-begins-major-campaign-in-s.html#comment-563 Billy Glad Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:03:27 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4717#comment-563 Dr. Cole. How important is the Sunni resistance in Iran that's in the news this morning? I've been following the Taliban, but missed that angle of the Sunni/Shia conflict. First time I saw the headline, I thought the suicide bomber had killed Iraqis. Dr. Cole. How important is the Sunni resistance in Iran that's in the news this morning? I've been following the Taliban, but missed that angle of the Sunni/Shia conflict. First time I saw the headline, I thought the suicide bomber had killed Iraqis.

]]> http://www.juancole.com/2009/10/pakistan-begins-major-campaign-in-s.html#comment-562 concetta Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:45:03 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4717#comment-562 Here's a possibility - we have more money than the Taliban. How about we use it to buy spies from among the locals Pakistan to let us know what is happening there. We could take a step back and do waitful watching, as VP Biden suggests. We should also realize that events in this part of the world will not always go the way we would prefer them to play out. Seems like we're getting all excited and just playing into the terror industrial complex that Colin Powell has been warning us about. Here's a possibility – we have more money than the Taliban. How about we use it to buy spies from among the locals Pakistan to let us know what is happening there. We could take a step back and do waitful watching, as VP Biden suggests. We should also realize that events in this part of the world will not always go the way we would prefer them to play out. Seems like we're getting all excited and just playing into the terror industrial complex that Colin Powell has been warning us about.

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