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That article is founded on the same wrong (non-)economics that assert governments (or, for example Medicare) are bankrupt because they don't have the means to pay for future obligation NOW.


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Earth to gute: Bush inherited a budget with surplus, his first own budget turned that into a deficit.
And as I mentioned: GWB increased spending in %GDP. He worsened revenue, spending and deficit....

You probably did not identify his bragging because you agreed with him.
He bragged a lot about his past as a NG pilot, for example.
He also bragged about cutting taxes - all the while he did...

Remember, politics is just as warfare relative.

A crappy army wins against an even crappier one.
A crappy politician wins against an crappier one.

That's a grammar error. These " " signs are (in such a context) reserved for actual quotes, not for conjecture. You won't find a speech where he said that or a written piece of his with this line.
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http://theazon.com/2011/02/overloaded-train-at-pakistan/

Do you still think the ISI had even noticed if a neighbour had travelled to the embassy instead of to some distant uncle?

Hardly. The compound was on open field early on. The city sprawled, the neighbours came later.

I further think you overestimate the capabilities of a state like Pakistan. They would need to knock...

Well, maybe I should not assume that others are like me, but thinking of ISI observation of foreign embassies, I would simply use bow & arrow to shoot a message in from 200+ m away, for example.
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...except that the U.S. embassy is in Islamabad's city map.

... besides getting super-rich with the bounty and moving into a safe Western country with the money.

Compound was built in 2005 afaik.

Btw, I read the firefight lasted for 40 minutes. Surprising.

East Germany harbored West German left-wing terrorists (R.A.F.) - under the condition that
a) they don't ever leave East germany
b) they don't do anything related to R.A.F. again


Maybe...

It seems to minimise backlash by those who count, though.

This is a great opportunity to declare victory and get out of the mess.