Re: Dad-gummit!! NBC News bias.
I did not see the Matthews show in question, but I suspect you are mischaracterizing it some. whatever, as Matthews is hardly a hero of mine, though I do occasionally watch his show.<br />I do think there has to be some critical interviewing with the powers that be regarding Iraq, and the turning over of power on July 1, and the role to be played by the international community and the UN regarding this.<br />I can't comment on that Matthews segment because I did not see it.<br /><br />For the Record, the program and person that accurately reflects my views on this topic was last week, when Joe Biden appeared on Imus in the Morning on MSNBC.<br /><br />And the current topic, regarding the Pakistani effort, requires some inquiry as well. To the extent Pakistani troops are killing Alqaeda types, I am all for it, but I am not at all sure that Pakistan shares the same goals as the US, and I admit to a certain degree of skepticism.<br /><br />Since polls taken with the Pakistani people have shown the US has an unfavorable rating in excess of 80%, with a favorable rating in the low teens, it is hard to imagine that Musharef is somehow changing his tune regarding the US because of assasination attempts. It is hard to figure how aiding the US is going to increase his security.<br /><br />Now we have annointed Pakistan as some sort of favored non Nato nation--and while I am not exactly sure what this means, I remain skeptical. Pakistan has been the source of nuclear and other weapons technology to all sorts of other rogue countries, including Lybia.<br /><br />This country has a long history of arming rogue regimes in order to achieve a specific goal, only to have it come back later to haunt us later. A classic example is the one you cite regarding Saddam and the Kurds. We managed to arm Saddam with chemical weapons to use on the Iranians, and he used them on his real enemies, the Kurds. What a shock!<br /><br />Pakistan has been using weapons we provided during the cold war to fight the communists in order to fight the Indians, (as have the Indians to fight the Pakistanis.<br /><br />I would like to know exactly what we are giving for what we are getting regarding Pakistan, but history shows that we should all be nervous about this.