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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: pompsander who wrote (749779)9/21/2006 4:10:01 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Have you ever wondered how history would have played out if 'Wrong Way Bush' had attacked Afghanistan/Pakistan... instead of Afghanistan & Iraq?

(I doubt that a toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and a cleaning out of Taliban and al Qaeda in the Pak. 'tribal regions' would have provoked defensive response from Pakistan's ally China... ESPECIALLY considering the global political environment immediately after the 9-11 attacks. And, it might have proven very useful, for the purposes of future history, to show that the mere possession of nuclear arms *does not* totally immunize a country from the need to behave in a civilized manner --- and not forment attacks on bigger, stronger countries. It is also quite possible that the US could have precluded, shut down, either physically or politically, the chance of Pak. trying to resist militarily, or invoke their 'nukes' at all....)

True... the Dictator S.H. would still be in control of his deteriorated Iraq... but MUCH fearful of causing any trouble (and at least, still a barrier against Iran's expansionism....)

Interesting to consider: South Asia instead of Middle East... a *stronger* blow against Wh'abbist Sunni extremism INSTEAD of a helping hand for Sh'ia expansionism.....
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