Re: The true cost of Pak diffidence & obstinacy in the WOT
I dont buy this nonsense about the house. So what, he never left the house. Have you ever been to Pakistan? MANY rich people live in compounds. The existence of such a compound does not in itself mean that OBL living on one.
The story of him needing dialysis is also nonsense. There is no evidence of this.
What dignitaries? Al Qaeda’s Obama equivalent is going to visit him?
They would ask who lived there if they had a reason to. If they are nothing more then a bunch of ultra conservative Pathans, then there are millions of those in Pakistan. No one bothers them.
Pakistanis have an extraordinary ability of ignoring things even at the worst of times, and jsut minfding their own business… There are many houses being built, perhaps they are more concerned with looking for Osama in the tribal belt.
Also, even if they had gone to the door to see who these people were, Osama wouldn’t have been the one to open the door, thats a guarantee. And I doubt any Pakistani male would go investigating inside a house where there a Women in Purda, and even more so in a house of ultra conservative Pathans. No one is going to the extrordinary length of offending the sensibilities of these people on nothing more then a flimsy suspicion. I dont think it would be that difficult for Osama to hide in there.
Three families, although I dont know how anyone would know who is living in there, is irrelevant. I know a Household in Jhelum with 3 or more families living in the same compound. Why should that raise any suspicions that OSAMA BIN LADEN is living there.
People would obviously consider these people eccentric, and weird. But suddenly jumping to the conclusion that OSAMA must be hiding in there seems inconceivable.
Well said! People forget that in Pakistan as well s in India many people built high walls for Purdah. They are judging the story on the perception of the West and not how it is seen on a local level.