Headline: Pakistai Forces Capture Top Taliban

When Will Pakistan Get Any Respect

Kudos all around for Pakistan. Even from America and most of all from American media. Although the media coverage is still muffled and mealy mouthed. These things are absolutely unheard of. Is this the change Obama promised the world? Is this start of something new?

Pakistan can do no right. For years everybody has maligned Pakistan for not killing their own people, for having to work with archaic equipment, for having to deal with sanctions, tariffs, custom duties and countless other ways that have hamstrung them from making any progress against the forces of evil. Not only that but it has damaged the industry, education and everything in between. Yes there is corruption, yes there are actors in Pakistan working on both sides, but name one country that does not have that problem. Name just one country please.

For years Pakistan has been blamed for Afghanistan's internal problems while ineptitude and corruption in and outside of Afghan government has gone unnoticed. The same corruption that has been going on for years including Karzai telling the opium growers to continue producing opium has just now surfaced because it is in the interest of NATO and the US to bring that out after the botched elections.

The best way forward with Pakistan is to give them what they need in training, sophisticated warfare equipment, tanks, drones, and aeroplanes. State department should remove the hoops the Pakistanis have to jump to get even a lousy night vision goggles. Pakistan has the talent and the know how to take advantage of these "facilities" and reign in the actors that are colluding with anybody that America thinks is working against their interest. Perhaps they have shown too much talent in the past that soon after the new technology is sold to Pakistan they have come up with their own by reverse engineering.

More importantly, they need to tell Karzai to straighten his own house and stop the corruption in his government. Some but not enough of that is happening. One way to deal with the people of Afghanistan: kill all the Pashtuns, Pakhtoons, and Uzbek. Another way: give these majorities their rights and allow them to participate in the government. People of Afghanistan are tired of war and they are tired of interference from outside. People of Afghanistan are tired of proxy wars and wars for saving face. People of Afghanistan want to be left alone.

People of Pakistan are tired of having their sovereignty taken away. People of Pakistan are tired of politicians that are sold out to foreign governments for pittance, and they are tired of not being able to practice freedom in their own country. People are tired of living in fear. People of Pakistan want to be left alone and find their own way out.

The recent advances in democracy in Pakistan, although not perfect, are a clear indication of that. Will America oblige?

Mr. President, Welcome To The New Roman Empire

The Gladiator And The Lions - The Lions Must Win

When Obama came to town as the new Sheriff he promised Americans a new deal. A new promise of hope. A new promise of reconciliation with the rest of the world. Not to further a cause of his own but to improve the image of America. He promised to remove the old tyrannical face and replace it with a hand extended out for reconciliation.

The whole thing lasted about 3 months or so and then, maybe he had a meeting with Dick, and it all fell apart. No promise kept, no hope agenda left to talk about, all gone, poof, disappeared in thin air. All we have left is legacy of the tyranny of Bush.

So it's no surprise that when it comes to dealings with Iran on any issue whatsoever the tone of the message is exactly the same as it was during the 8 of the lousiest years in the history of the US. The message is the same as it was then. The message was coming from State Department then and not from the White House. The message is still coming from the State Department and not coming directly from the White House. It's the same song and dance: get down on your knees and kiss our ass and if you don't kiss our ass we will kick your ass.

Reconciliation sheconciliation! We are gearing for one outcome and that is first the sanctions while we get ready, while we pull the wool over the world's eyes, while we grab all the money from Gulf states selling them worthless arms that they don't know how to use, while we lie to the world that we are doing all we can to reach a deal and then when all of that is done to our satisfaction we bomb them after all. It does not matter what they say or do, it does not matter how much they give, it does not matter what amount of their lawful rights they give up in the process, the outcome will remain the same. We have seen that happen to Palestinians too. No matter how much they give in, they have to give more. There is always one more condition they must meet before any single thing can happen. Remember this is the agenda coming from State Department.

It's all reminiscent of the age old game of gladiators vs the lions in the arena of a Roman empire. The king and the king's subjects must see the blood of the gladiator. It's what they have paid for. Gladiator must die. It's the only way they are going to get their money's worth. It's the only way they could lure the subjects back for the next show. It had to be a predetermined outcome, it was blood lust. If a gladiator was too strong they took his weapons away, then they tied his hands, then the blindfolded him. The gladiator must die. History repeats itself.

Hello Mr. Obama, welcome to the new Roman Empire.