Saturday, December 6, 2008

McCain warns Pakistan of Indian air strikes

McCain warns Pakistan of Indian air strikes
Tags: PAKISTAN / INDIA

United States Senator John McCain has said there is enough evidence of the involvement of former Inter-Services Intelligence officers in the planning and execution of the Mumbai attacks.

If Pakistan did not act swiftly to arrest the people involved, the Senator said, India would be left with no option but to conduct aerial operations against select targets in Pakistan.

Webmaster's Commentary:
OK, look at the timing here. These two landed right on the heels of Secretary Rice's visit, and their visit does not appear to be coordinated with her visit at all.

Yes, Lieberman is the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, and McCain is the ranking member and Former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce; but why go to India and Pakistan now?!?!?

It's almost as though these two, de facto, have told Pakistan that the excrement is about to hit the fan in terms of Indian strikes against Pakistan, unless they catch and arrest the perpetrators of the Mumbai massacre. and the US is impotent to do anything to stop it.

The chance of these guys being found in Pakistan is just about as reasonable as that of pigs flying.

So, India has stepped up the timetable, indicating that Pakistan has only "....a matter of days..." before some strikes will happen.

This is not going to help calm tensions down in any way here.

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