TK,

I try not to read intent in your posts. You frequently, although not always, come off sounding like a pompous a$$. I know you’re not seeking my approval, nor anyone else’s, but most sane and rational people prefer to be perceived as socially acceptable, at least among their peers. Since you behave as though you have no peers, then I can see why social acceptability wouldn’t concern you. Just thought I’d mention it on the off chance you weren’t aware and actually gave a dam_n. Except for your pompousity and occasionally really weird positions, you could be an interesting person, worth establishing a dialog with. But really, that ain’t essential.

As presidents go, this one’s the most condemnable since Nixon. And since he’s a cowboy who doesn’t give a sh!t what the rest of the world thinks, I’d be surprised if he cared whether Musharef faced a civil war or not, so long as cowboy Bush gets his outlaw OBL. That such a civil war might precipitate a nuclear exchange between Pakistan and India or something, again would be of no concern to our cowboy, cuz the opinions of other nations are irrelevant to U.S. interests.

Musharef faces enough domestic problems as it is, cooperating as much as he has with the U.S. I didn’t think the additional increment of U.S. troops pursuing OBL in Pakistan’s mountainous hinterlands would add an additional increment of protest beyond that which already exists. As it is, that region of Pakistan is essentially ungoverned and lawless, according to news reports.

Pushing this analysis tho, I think the U.S. needs to capture OBL and let him rot in prison, with all the world knowing it. Executing him would make him a martyr among his followers and would be followers, and likely aid terrorist recruiting more than imprisonment would.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.