ISLAMABAD: Top commanders of Pakistan and United Satates will meet in garrison town of Rawalpindi Wednesday when American Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen will be here this evening. Hidhly placed military sources told, The visit comes amid tensions between the two countries due to recent missiles strikes by U.S. drones, which killed scores of people.
Mullen will hold meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to discuss the security situation along the Pak-Afghan border . Mullen warned earlier this month that the U.S forces will launch unilateral actions in the tribal regions against the al-Qaeda linked militants.
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September 18th, 2008 at 12:15 am
The War on Terrorism is a Lie
The war on terrorism is a lie because terrorism is not an enemy, it is a strategy.
Terrorism is a strategy employed by weaker states and non-state actors when fighting an asymmetric war against a more powerful opponent.
No state or non-state actor enters a conventional war against an enemy it has no chance of defeating conventionally.
Since the U.S. has declared that it will maintain military superiority without challenge, it has done everything in its power to do just that. The US defense budget for 2008 is some $700 billion. There is no single state or non-state actor on this planet that can defeat the United States in a conventional war.
Therefore, any single state or non-state actor that finds itself at war with the United States will be forced to fight an asymmetric war. That is, it will be forced to employ terrorism.
Therefore the war on terrorism is a war against anyone at war with the United States. Therefore the war on terrorism is a lie. It is not a war on terrorism at all, but a war to promote and defend US imperialism.