Pakistanis admit to firing first on NATO troops.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 29th at 10:45 AM  | 

Via Drudge comes the beginnings of clarity on this issue: it’s now being tacitly admitted by the Pakistan government that Saturday’s conflict was initiated by their own troops.  Essentially, Afghan/American troops were raiding Taliban in Afghanistan when Pakistan troops fired on them (the Pakistan government maintains that their troops were attacking on what they thought were insurgents).  NATO airstrikes were the result, which shot up | Read More »

The rapidly-decaying Pakistan situation.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 27th at 09:19 PM  | 

A quick review of the recent breakdown in Pakistani-American relations: Last Saturday a NATO airstrike reportedly killed 24 Pakistani troops located in military bases on Pakistani soil.  The exact details of the situation are still unknown: the Pakistanis are claiming that the assault was completely unprovoked, while (admittedly anonymous) Afghan sources claim that NATO troops were returning fire.  Either way, the population of Pakistan is | Read More »

The curious incident of the antiwar movement in the night-time.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 24th at 01:51 PM  | 

Whipped ones, in fact, as Environmental Republican demonstrates (via Glenn Reynolds).  You see, he went looking for the Usual Antiwar Suspects’ outrage at the drone strikes in Pakistan, and discovered… well, that apparently it wasn’t really worth noting at all, really.  His conclusion? So what con we surmise from this little investigation? How about the left-wing of this country is populated with hypocritical ideologues who | Read More »