Just in case any of you still thought Pakistan was on our side. “Musharraf: Bin Laden mission violated Pakistan,” by Ashish Kumar Sen for The Washington Times, May 2:
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Monday accused the U.S. of violating his country”s sovereignty by sending in special forces to kill Osama bin Laden.
“American troops coming across the border and taking action in one of our towns, that is Abbottabad, is not acceptable to the people of Pakistan. It is a violation of our sovereignty,” Mr. Musharraf told CNN-IBN, an Indian news channel.
He added that it would have been “far better if Pakistani Special Services Group had operated and conducted the mission. To that extent, the modality of handling it and executing the operation is not correct.”…
Maybe the Americans didn’t want bin Laden tipped off as to what was coming.
Mr. Musharraf said the “lack of trust is very bad.”
“If two organizations [are] conducting an operation against a common enemy, there has to be trust and confidence in each other,” he said.
But of course, in such a case, both organizations have to be worthy of trust. With Pakistan’s spy service in league with al-Qaeda, how can it — or the Pakistani government in general — be trusted?
Pakistan is “totally on board” on fighting al Qaeda and Taliban.
No kidding, really?
Mr. Musharraf said it was possible that some local Pakistanis had colluded with bin Laden.
No kidding, really?
“A battle has been won, but the war continues,” Mr. Musharraf said, warning that “al Qaeda is still there.”
No kidding, really?