But how we were allowed to arrest Mullah Baradar has come into question. And yes, you read that right, we were allowed to arrest him.
It seems that the Pakistani Government allowed the United States to arrest the Taliban's Number two because:
"We picked up Baradar and the others because they were trying to make a deal without us," said a Pakistani security official, who, like numerous people interviewed about the operation, spoke anonymously because of the delicacy of relations between Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States. “We protect the Taliban. They are dependent on us. We are not going to allow them to make a deal with Karzai and the Indians."
Okay, did we get that?
The Pakistanis sold out Taliban Soul-Brother No. 2 out to us because Soul-Brother No. 2 had the temerity to make a deal without them.
Are you @#$%ing kidding me?!?!?
We're in a war where we can't trust our enemies (Taliban-duh!), can't trust our allies (Pakistan) because they're dealing with our enemies (Taliban), and are willing to sell them out in a moment's notice.
We're screwed.
