Sunday, August 22, 2004
Blowback
Not sure if this is a good idea or not.
I like the fact that the Pentagon is thinking of new ways to combat terrorism and controling dangerous areas, such as the territory along the Afghan-Pakistan border, but isn't this how we got involved with Bin Laden in the first place? We financed and helped train the "Aghan Arabs" who fought the Soviets, only to have them turn their guns on us. And in Najaf, many of the insurgents are Iraqis who were trained by the US to be cops, only to swtich sides. This plan might just get us in more trouble.
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The Pentagon has urged Congress to authorize 500 million dollars for building a network of friendly militias around the world to purge terrorists from "ungoverned areas" -- and warned Muslim clerics against providing "ideological sanctuary" to radicals.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, a key architect of the Iraq war, told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday the money would be used "for training and equipping local security forces -- not just armies -- to counter terrorism and insurgencies."
If approved as part of a larger defense bill, the package will "provide greater internal security in areas that are or could become sanctuaries for terrorists," he said
I like the fact that the Pentagon is thinking of new ways to combat terrorism and controling dangerous areas, such as the territory along the Afghan-Pakistan border, but isn't this how we got involved with Bin Laden in the first place? We financed and helped train the "Aghan Arabs" who fought the Soviets, only to have them turn their guns on us. And in Najaf, many of the insurgents are Iraqis who were trained by the US to be cops, only to swtich sides. This plan might just get us in more trouble.
