How much more can we take on? Pakistan's rapid decline to chaos reminds me why we have 5 aircraft carrier Battle Groups in the Gulf!

How much more can we take on? Pakistan's rapid decline to chaos reminds me why we have 5 aircraft carrier Battle Groups in the Gulf if not to go after Iran they are there for Pakistan!

First: Pakistan coalition is close to collapse! Remember the nukes and the Islamists!



Pakistan's political turmoil deepened Tuesday after the two main parties in the ruling coalition split, weakening the fragile government just a week after president Pervez Musharraf resigned. The world's only nuclear-armed Islamic nation, already facing a fresh campaign of bombings by a resurgent militant movement, now faces the prospect of a bitter political battle over the choice of Musharraf's successor.Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of the coalition on Monday, saying they were moving to the opposition because of what he said were the broken promises of the other main party's leader, Asif Ali Zardari. He said Zardari had gone back on a pledge to reinstate dozens of judges sacked last year by Musharraf -- an issue that has been at the centre of a political dispute in Pakistan for the past year.

"We have taken this decision after we failed to find any ray of hope and none of the commitments made to us were fulfilled," Sharif said Monday. "This situation forced us to withdraw our support." Zardari, in a televised address late Monday, appealed for Sharif's return to the government. "We are sad over Nawaz Sharif's decision. We want to move together and solve the problems facing the nation," he said. "We will request Nawaz Sharif to return to the government." Meanwhile, Pakistani stocks reacted negatively over the break up and slumped four percent on Tuesday. The benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange KSE-100 Index finished down 383.37 points to close at 9,430.29. Lawyers meanwhile called for a nationwide protest on Thursday to demand the reinstatement of the judges, who were pushed out as Musharraf purged his opponents in the judiciary.

Sharif's PML-N party has put forward a candidate to challenge Zardari, widower of another former premier, Benazir Bhutto, on September 6, when lawmakers will select who will be the country's next president. Zardari and the PML-N candidate, former judge Saeed uz Zaman Siddiqui, will face off against the party formerly behind Musharraf, which has nominated its secretary general, Mushahid Hussain. Political chaos is nothing new in Pakistan, which has been under military rule -- including under General Musharraf -- for more than half of its existence since being partitioned from India after World War II. But the months of turmoil that eventually forced Musharraf to resign last week under threat of impeachment, and the new split between Sharif and Zardari, have made Western allies jittery about Pakistan's role in the "war on terror." The United States, which turned Musharraf into an ally after the September 11 attacks and has supplied the country with tens of billions of dollars in aid since then, played down the importance of the split. Will Growing violence force our hand?

* How much more can we take on? As we watch the situation with Russia worsening every day with Russia saying the break away regions will be recognized by them and defended as Kosovo was by Bush. As we watch Bush push forward his war creating MDS in Poland and Czech with Russia countering with like deals in Syria and Jordan. We remember that Bush has given $20 Billion in arms and advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia and other so called allies over there.

It reaffirms something I said 2 years ago now and that was that Bush was arming the middle east to do the fighting for him on the ground. Meanwhile our now 5 aircraft Carrier Battle Groups in the Gulf are in a position to attack Iran and at the same time provide a large military response to Pakistan if needed without any significant increase of military personnel. Knowing that this entire world and US mess has been fabricated and instigated by Bush or whoever is behind the mindless worm is just beginning and at the perfect time for Bush or whoever to take total control of us and prosecute this Forever War. Knowing as we discussed yesterday that we are sending severely wounded back into combat because they are needed. Knowing the country is now emotionally and financially strapped thanks to Bush. I have to ask How much more can we take on? What is the Breaking point? What the hell is next?

James Joiner
Gardner Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com