[sanjuro]

Our most loyal ally?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/world/asia/10pakistan.html

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second time in five months, the Pakistani authorities have angered the Central Intelligence Agency by leaking the name of the C.I.A. station chief in Islamabad to Pakistani news media, a deliberate effort to complicate the work of the American spy agency in the aftermath of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, American officials said.

 

[clarkenstein]

the devil you know versus the devil you don't. keep the cash going in and hope you keep the gov't that is there somewhat stable because that devil has nukes. lots of 'em.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Thats why.

 

[$tinkle]

b/c we're doing a fool's errand


that, and we want to have first go at their textiles & rugs

 

[$tinkle]

isn't it odd that shoveling cash their way may be practical (in the short term), no one openly advocates for it? srsly, what candidate big or small says "let's become economically partnered [read: blackmailed] w/ the pakis"

 

[rockofullr]

Thats why.

Reary?

Then why aren't we paying Iran or North Korea?

It's so that we can sneak around their country killing terrorists and bombing civilians.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Reary?

Then why aren't we paying Iran or North Korea?

It's so that we can sneak around their country killing terrorists and bombing civilians.

Well, cause both of those countries have, worst case scenario, 5 between the two of them. Where as Pakistan has enough, with the capability to deliver them a fair piece, to make life on the planet more "difficult".

 

[JohnE]

We should get our collective asses out of the middle east as a whole, leave them to their own devices and deal with whoever wins in the end. Buy oil from one extremist moron or the other, no big deal. By that time we should have solar and wind perfected anyway...

 

[ridiculous]

ugh. No solar.

 

[rockofullr]

ugh. No solar.

Indeed.

I also despise the sun and it's life giving ways.

I hate you. You stupid jovial ball of fire.

 

[ridiculous]

ROI is horrible on solar. Cheap and abundant is the way to go. Solar violates both.

 

[stoney]

ROI is horrible on solar. Cheap and abundant is the way to go. Solar violates both.

Wind on the other hand...

 

[ridiculous]

Just as bad really, but at least it produces a good deal of electricity without the use of rare metals. I like wind tech on a small scale but wind farms and such are just as bad as solar IMO.

 

[stoney]

Just as bad really, but at least it produces a good deal of electricity without the use of rare metals. I like wind tech on a small scale but wind farms and such are just as bad as solar IMO.

Given our options, it's a far better solution than solar though.

 

[RUFUS]

Just as bad really, but at least it produces a good deal of electricity without the use of rare metals. I like wind tech on a small scale but wind farms and such are just as bad as solar IMO.

Let me guess, your family owns a lot of corn fields???

 

[X3pilot]

b/c we're doing a fool's errand


that, and we want to have first go at their textiles & rugs

That, and who would we import to run our Dunkin Donuts?

 

[$tinkle]

[ed: warning: helicopter content]

this.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-raid-pakistan-hints-china-peak/story?id=13570573

we done here?

 

[DaveW]

[ed: warning: helicopter content]

this.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-raid-pakistan-hints-china-peak/story?id=13570573

we done here?

Done beating the dead horse?
Nope.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3630408&postcount=208

 

[ridiculous]

Let me guess, your family owns a lot of corn fields???

Negative. Im a big fan of fuel cells and thorium reactors. I like wind on a small scale though. IE. Vail.