Chimpy, Musharraf, Karzai -- framed as A Middle-School Soap Opera??

[Sparkly]

Why does it seem this "dinner party" is being discussed as if they were three "Heathers" in a lunchroom?

Karzai said Omar is "for sure" in Pakistan. Musharraf says he's in Afghanistan.

Chimpy says he has to watch their body language to see how they're getting along. Barnett Rubin of NYU says he'll be watching it, too. "If he's (Karzai's) mad, you'll probably be able to see it," he said.

The article says the US has to "play mediator."

Is it just me, or is this a very shallow view of a multi-faceted, complex web of issues among a whole lot of people and factions -- boiled down to a simple little story of personalities? Am I just cranky this morning, or is this just dumb?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_karzai_musharraf

[bigbrother05]

1. I thought this trio was very strange

and we can't expect * to do anything positive. I found Richard Clarks web site last night and found this story, found it very interesting, lots of info.

Edited on Tue Sep-26-06 10:47 PM by bigbrother05
Our World: Bush's information offensive
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1159...
Good article, pulled it from Richard Clarks site
http://www.goodharborreport.com/?q=node
From the Jerusalem Post
Hope I did this right, if not sorry


Earlier in the month Musharraf signed an accord with the Taliban that gave the group control over the Pakistani territories of north and south Waziristan. This agreement, which also involved Pakistan's release of some 2,500 Taliban and al-Qaida fighters from prison, is the Taliban's and al-Qaida's greatest victory since September 11, 2001. As military analyst Bill Roggio has reported on his Web site, The Fourth Rail, Musharraf's decision to hand Waziristan over to the Taliban and al-Qaida makes clear that he is a major enemy of the US.

But the Bush administration refuses to acknowledge this fact. Bush met with Musharraf in the White House and praised his leadership and his strong alliance with the US in fighting al-Qaida. The State Department praised the agreement that has caused NATO commanders to announce that more troops will be required in Afganistan to fight the resurgent Taliban.