05-04-2011, 06:30 PM
You make a huge mistake thinking that all Democrats are liberals and all Republicans are conservatives, kj. There is a large number of moderates in both parties. The moderates at the moment control the Democratic Party, and my bet is within a few years the moderates will gain a lot of ground in the GOP. The rigid orthodoxy of the neo-cons and social cons is going to work against them, sooner than later.
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Now, back to the subject. How did someone build such a large and expensive complex in Abbottabad when an ordinary Pakistani can't sell or buy property, or even rent a room, without producing state-issued identification?
I think the answer is, a foreigner built that compound, and that should have excited the interest of the military and intelligence agency, but it did not. And that should REALLY make the United States leery of any further cooperation with Pakistan, because apparently Al Qaeda has enough high-level sympathizers in Pakistan's army and intelligence agency that it could pull this off.
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Now, back to the subject. How did someone build such a large and expensive complex in Abbottabad when an ordinary Pakistani can't sell or buy property, or even rent a room, without producing state-issued identification?
I think the answer is, a foreigner built that compound, and that should have excited the interest of the military and intelligence agency, but it did not. And that should REALLY make the United States leery of any further cooperation with Pakistan, because apparently Al Qaeda has enough high-level sympathizers in Pakistan's army and intelligence agency that it could pull this off.