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2009-02-06 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2009-02-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 AFGHANISTAN reportedly has 1.5Milyuhn Taliban of which 60% are foreigners [ e.g. PRO-TALIB IRAQIS], versus only 80,000 Afghan Govt troops at the moment [US hopes to raise to 134,000 by 2012].

IOW, YEAR 2012 > AFGHAN PRO-US NEW GOVT MAY STILL BE SHORT 1.3MILYUHN TROOPS JUST TO PAR WID THE LOCAL TALIBUNIES???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-06 01:13|| 2009-02-06 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The writer has degrees from the Royal College of Art, Oxford University

And taht makes you competent on Foreign Affairs?

and the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London

They give degrees at inmates?

And noticed that all of the blame was fir America not for Russia?

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-02-06 02:59|| 2009-02-06 02:59|| Front Page Top

#3 -- The Americans should guarantee Pakistan against any first attack from India, so that the Pakistani Army can concentrate fully on the troubles on its western border.

No guarantee for India against terrorist attacks from Pakistan?

Posted by john frum 2009-02-06 05:30|| 2009-02-06 05:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Just because Ferndale's 14 point boilerplate is working effectively for the Muslim domination of the UK does not necessarily mean it will work in Pakistan.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-06 08:06|| 2009-02-06 08:06|| Front Page Top

#5 A frequent cause of the human animals capacity for self-deception is arrogance coupled with wishful thinking.

A masterful demonstration of the principle, Chuck.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-02-06 08:12|| 2009-02-06 08:12|| Front Page Top

#6 What a hoser. The situation in Afghanistan is similar to the situation in Vietnam, because of the border with Pakistan. Until Pakistan is stable, Afghanistan cannot be stable. It is the Laos and Cambodia of Afghanistan.

W. Bush had a good idea, to make the Pakistani government strong enough to rule all of Pakistan, under Perv. But the reality was that Perv was far weaker than we imagined, and though Pakistan is far more unified than it once was, it is still a collection of enclaves.

Since the Pak army cannot muster the will to occupy and control the NWFP, the best possible thing would be for the Indian army to follow through with its offer to station a large number of personnel on the Afghan border. This would compel the Pak army to occupy the NWFP, and their presence alone would subdue much of the nonsense.

But other than holding down the fort in Afghanistan, and helping in redevelopment, the best thing the US can do is to severely undermine the leadership of the al-Qaeda and Taliban, which is what we are doing.

If I had my druthers, I would throw in a covert program to take out the instigators in Pakistan as well. Starting with the most radical, take out big batches of them and their lieutenants, in what amounts to a counter-terrorism program.

See how they like having a cement truck full of high explosives blown up in the middle of their Madrassa.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-06 10:23|| 2009-02-06 10:23|| Front Page Top

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