[Marxism] American warmongers stir a hornet’s nest in Pakistan

[Nasir Khan <naskha3@xxxxxxxxx>]

American warmongers stir a hornet’s nest in Pakistan
By ERIC MARGOLIS | winnipegsun.com, May 17, 2009

PARIS — Pakistan finally bowed to Washington’s angry demands last week
by unleashing its military against rebellious Pashtun tribesmen of
North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) — collectively mislabelled
“Taliban” in the West.

The Obama administration had threatened to stop $2 billion US annual
cash payments to bankrupt Pakistan’s political and military leadership
and block $6.5 billion future aid, unless Islamabad sent its soldiers
into Pakistan’s turbulent NWFP along the Afghan frontier.

The result was a bloodbath: Some 1,000 “terrorists” killed (read:
mostly civilians) and 1.2 million people — most of Swat’s population —
made refugees.

Pakistan’s U.S.-rented armed forces have scored a brilliant victory
against their own people. Too bad they don’t do as well in wars
against India. Blasting civilians, however, is much safer and more
profitable.

Full article: 
http://nasir-khan.blogspot.com/2009/05/american-warmongers-stir-hornets-nest.html

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