'US Hostage To Pakistan Mood Swings In Fighting Afghan War'

[DeSwiss]

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[JDPriestly]

1. So, we are going to go into Afghanistan through Latvia.

That explains these articles.

1) Latvia's president disolved the national legislature on Saturday, according to the Baltic country's official news agency LETA.

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Zatlers made the move one day after he met U.S. President Barack Obama at a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, that also included other central and eastern European leaders.

On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund authorized a $171 million loan for Latvia. According to the IMF website, the loan came because "strong policy actions ... have helped restore confidence, contributed to economic recovery, and enabled significant progress toward Latvia's goal of euro adoption."

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/28/latvia.parliament/

The IMF announced plans to lend about €1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) to Latvia to support the country's ambitious plan for stabilizing the economy.

The loan, to be extended as a 27-month Stand-By Arrangement, is subject to final approval by the IMF's Executive Board but could be discussed before the end of this year under the Fund's fast-track emergency financing procedures.

The IMF-backed loan will enable Latvia's government to implement a strong package of policy measures aimed at stabilizing the economy. "The program aims to alleviate immediate liquidity pressures, restore long-term stability, and enhance competitiveness. It is centered on the authorities' objective of maintaining the current exchange rate peg, recognizing that this calls for extraordinarily strong domestic policies, with the support of a broad political and social consensus," IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a press release.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/car121908a.htm

We could be at war with Pakistan before too long if we are not careful.