NYT Leaks U.S. Pakistan Strategy

NYTimes Leaks US Pakistan Strategy All Over Its Front Page
By Rick Moran

There is no more dangerous situation in the world today than what is happening in Pakistan. The incendiary combination of radical Islamists, unstable government, and nuclear weapons presents the greatest challenge to US security seen in many years.

But this tense, volatile, potentially catastrophic situation only means business as usual for the New York Times and the cabal of leakers in the CIA who, unelected though they are, still arrogantly assume that they can dictate policy to the White House by leaking the most sensitive and secret plans of our government.

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"The highly delicate nature of the discussions" may be the understatement of the year. With rioters already in the streets of Pakistan and Musharraf barely able to keep the lid on, the prospect of the CIA or US Special Forces operating on Pakistani territory - even if it is only under discussion - has the potential to bring about an explosion of anti-American violence in the streets directed against Musharraf.

This is something all the critics of American timidity in attacking Taliban and al-Qaeda sanctuaries in the tribal areas of Pakistan have never understood. Musharraf has been adamant that no US forces operate on Pakistani territory because he well knows that the radicals would be easily be able to stir up a hornets nest of anti-American sentiment in the streets. This would destablize the government even more.

And if this were to come to pass, it would be a direct result from unnecessary leaks from the faction at the CIA opposed to any aggressive move by America to protect itself or its interests and their willing partners at the New York Times who never met a secret they didn't want to spill.

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