To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6117 ) 12/2/2003 4:17:57 AM From: ChinuSFO Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15991 Hawk, I form my opinions by reading from the media; conservative as well as liberal. I form my opinions and come to share them. I would imagine that other posters on this thread do the same. Hence I do not care to bring evidence. However to support what you have requested in the past, I went and collected a series of articles to support my view that Pakistan is a hotbed of terrorism and that if the US is damn serious in fighting terrorism, it can get it done as it did in Pakistan. It does not have to fire a single bullet. I do have a very good understanding of how Musharraf came to power. I have followed Pakistani politics very closely from the days it was founded. There was General Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan, General Zia-ul-Haq, now General Musharraf and then inbetween some civilian rulers of Pakistan such as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif. I don't need to be told about the Pakistan history. Hawk, having told you about all this regarding Pakistan you would have figured out how I know so much. Anyway, here is something to support my opinion on the situation in the Indian sub-continent: For startersglobalsecurity.org And read this politically confusing article. Confusing since the reader is left pondering whether the US thinks there is Al Qaeda in Pakistan or not?cbsnews.com And this is where Bush strong armed Musharraf who was rubbing his nose with Osama.meadev.nic.in And here is the smoking gunglobalresearch.ca The Al-Qaeda members found in Pakistan surpasses those found in Iraq. And the US did not have to attack Pakistan to apprehend themintellnet.org