Taliban bans polio vaccinations over US drone strikes
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Taliban commander in Pakistan’s tribal belt has banned a vaccination campaign against child polio in protest over frequent United States drone attacks there.
Hafiz Gul Bahadur said that the U.S.-funded vaccinations for tens of thousands of children would be outlawed until drone attacks stopped.
He also said the polio campaign could be a cover for CIA espionage – a reference to Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor reported to have helped American agencies identify Osama bin Laden.
We're upset with you because your drone-strikes are killing our terrorists that we are hiding (and swearing don't exist)...So, we'll fix YOU!! We'll ensure that our own children get polio... So there! Hrrrumph!
Just shows you how much they care for their "people", throwing acid in the faces of girls who dare to go to school and condemn a generation of kids to the horrors of polio.
Irony? there are parents in America both on the kooky enviro-left and the anti-goverment right who choose to risk their children because of unfounded fears.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
You mean like the John Bircher wing-nuts that scream that flouridation is a "communist plot"?...And "vaccination is a plot" and CAUSES diseases and autism (which has been proven to be a lie)....? Yah...There's a lot more parents on the right-wing nutjob side... But they'll watch Glenn Beck anyway...
I was wondeering how long it would take LJ to turn this topic into a slam of those on the right...11 minutes, not bad. Should have just done it right away and spare us the suspense.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
Democracy4Sale wrote: Here's something you REALLY can't make up:
Taliban bans polio vaccinations over US drone strikes
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Taliban commander in Pakistan’s tribal belt has banned a vaccination campaign against child polio in protest over frequent United States drone attacks there.
Hafiz Gul Bahadur said that the U.S.-funded vaccinations for tens of thousands of children would be outlawed until drone attacks stopped.
He also said the polio campaign could be a cover for CIA espionage – a reference to Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor reported to have helped American agencies identify Osama bin Laden.
We're upset with you because your drone-strikes are killing our terrorists that we are hiding (and swearing don't exist)...So, we'll fix YOU!! We'll ensure that our own children get polio... So there! Hrrrumph!
If Bush was currently president, your thread headline would have been "President Bush drone strikes killing Pakistani children." And YOU could make that up!!!
