Pakistan blasts Dion for hint of NATO intervention (18/01/2008 11:47:09 AM)
Pakistani officials chided Liberal Leader Stephane Dion for suggesting NATO troops should intervene in Pakistan to help curb the flow of terrorists across the border it shares with Afghanistan.
In a statement released by the Pakistan High Commission in Ottawa, the government said it was "dismayed" by the opposition leader's comments, adding that the government is fully capable of handling its own security matters.
"It shows a lack of understanding of the ground realities. We have, at the highest level, made it clear that Pakistan will not allow any foreign forces to operate within its territory under any circumstances," read the statement, released late Thursday.
Dion and Deputy Leader Michael Ignatieff made a brief visit to Afghanistan last week, meeting with President Hamid Karzai. Upon their return, Dion said NATO will never bring peace to Afghanistan so long as the Taliban can escape across the border into Pakistan.
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Dion means well, but boy, did he step into a wasp nest!! He puts his finger right on the sore spot... Taliban training camps across the border in Pakistan!!
His remarks will have some fallout! Perhaps consequences! If Pakistan can't keep the Taliban from hiding in the country, someone else will have to go in and give them a hand!!
At one time, I still see his agitated face on TV, he was dead set against us remaining in Afghanistan, and now he proposes we go across the border into Pakistan and ?? shoot the Taliban, take them prisoners or what? Scatter them, burn down their "religious schools"?
The Taliban are such a hot potato, anyone saying something is insulting another one!
What is your take on Dion's suggestion?
Pakistani officials chided Liberal Leader Stephane Dion for suggesting NATO troops should intervene in Pakistan to help curb the flow of terrorists across the border it shares with Afghanistan.
In a statement released by the Pakistan High Commission in Ottawa, the government said it was "dismayed" by the opposition leader's comments, adding that the government is fully capable of handling its own security matters.
"It shows a lack of understanding of the ground realities. We have, at the highest level, made it clear that Pakistan will not allow any foreign forces to operate within its territory under any circumstances," read the statement, released late Thursday.
Dion and Deputy Leader Michael Ignatieff made a brief visit to Afghanistan last week, meeting with President Hamid Karzai. Upon their return, Dion said NATO will never bring peace to Afghanistan so long as the Taliban can escape across the border into Pakistan.
Read full article here: http://tinyurl.com/ypn9af
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Dion means well, but boy, did he step into a wasp nest!! He puts his finger right on the sore spot... Taliban training camps across the border in Pakistan!!
His remarks will have some fallout! Perhaps consequences! If Pakistan can't keep the Taliban from hiding in the country, someone else will have to go in and give them a hand!!
At one time, I still see his agitated face on TV, he was dead set against us remaining in Afghanistan, and now he proposes we go across the border into Pakistan and ?? shoot the Taliban, take them prisoners or what? Scatter them, burn down their "religious schools"?
The Taliban are such a hot potato, anyone saying something is insulting another one!
What is your take on Dion's suggestion?