re: #340 kansas

So the timing is a coincidence?

Hmm. Let me see.

From the same article Charles linked to:

Monday’s peace agreement applies to the Malakand region, which includes the former tourist destination of the Swat Valley, where extremists have gained sway by beheading people, burning girls schools and attacking security forces since a similar agreement broke down in August.

U.S. officials complained the earlier accord allowed militants to regroup and rearm and urged Pakistan’s government to concentrate on military solutions to the insurgency in the rugged frontier region, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding.

August…August. Who was President then? I seem to remember his name.

So after the earlier accord, which we didn’t like either, broke down, these guys were beheading people, burning school girls and attacking security forces for…hmm…August, September, October, November, December, January…five to six months. What did Bush do about it? Fume?

Oh, yeah, he urged Pakistan to focus on military solutions.

There’s a deterrent for you.