Hope history does not repeat itself this time...

India has been screaming since mid 1990's that what Pakistan calls freedom fighters also include a a long list of Islamic fundamentalist terrorists. Clinton/Albright team chose to ignore that, sticking to the old cold war posture and blindly supporting their old allies. Common perception in India was that Madeline was an anti India hawk and it was of no value to US interests. But what was surprising was, the administration almost did nothing when the terrorists bombed the embassies in north africa and went hit USS Cole with devastating effect. They not only did not do anything they even did everything in their power to stop India from doing something decisive. They blackmailed week coalition governments that ruled this young democracy in acting their own self interst to protect their citizens and national interests. They did this knowing fully well that Taliban is an instrument of Pakistani establishment and Osama bin Landen and his Al Qaeeda thugs were thriving in their patronage spreading their reighn terror from India in south to Chechenya in the north and Bosnia in the west and Philipines to the esast.

If only US had acted or even let others act on their own behalf, that too at least after being hit three times directly, I am very sure 9/11 would not have happened. Those 19 hijackers would have died in the fight that ensued in Afghanistan. Those camps where the plans were hatched and trainings were being provided would not have existed. The planners of London and Madrid bombings would not have had the guts or the infrastructure to carry out such adacious attacks against humanity. The 19-21 year old terrorists from pakistan wouldn't learnt their correct lessons when their were still children, instead they grew to become terrorists to commit such attrocities against the humanity. But then here we are once again, getting ready for another Clinton foreign policy team. A cabinet over flowing with former Clinton "team" members. I am not sure why one would need a team, when you are planning to do nothing. Clinton/Albright team did nothing to stop Rwanda massacre, ran with their tails tucked between their legs when buch of criminals shot down black hawks and killed american forces, Serbernica and the list goes on. Now the task @ hand is even harder. Pakistan has had time to develop and perfect their nuclear and missile technology. Terrorists have grown in numbers, are emboldened by the success of many successful spectacular attacks and grown technologically savvy. US has gotten lot weaker financially and interms military preparedness. My hope against hope is that the new president Obama seems to a student of history and has made the right noises and I wish that Clintonites have learnt from their mistakes and right the wrongs this time around.