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2016-05-23 India-Pakistan

Mansoor’s relations reportedly became strained with Pakistan recently

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Posted by Fred 2016-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 "Deteriorated," eh?

Our resident Boer recently mused that the 'Bin Ladin Favour' has recently expired and wondered what else the Paks had in stock.

Perhaps we now know.

Posted by Pappy 2016-05-23 00:45|| 2016-05-23 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 You shouldn't say "Boer". You should say "Afrikaner-American".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-05-23 01:48|| 2016-05-23 01:48|| Front Page Top

#3 According to the report, Pakistan made several attempts in the recent past to persuade him to join the reconciliation talks but he refused.

Join us my brother, or your car will become a beacon.

Pakistani generals 'sold' bin Laden to US: Report

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-23 06:08|| 2016-05-23 06:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Besoeker - No doubt that OBL was sold. I assumed the one that had the most to gain is the one that whispered into our ear - Zawahiri.

The Pakis hold a serious grudge against us for the OBL embarrassment and five months later shut our supply lines through Pakistan down in an attempt to choke us out of Afghanistan. If a Paki General sold OBL out, he did it of his own accord.

I hope we are playing a long game here and make Pakistan pay a serious price when we no longer depend upon them.

Posted by Tennessee 2016-05-23 10:42|| 2016-05-23 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 The Pakis hold a serious grudge against us for the OBL embarrassment....

I suspect the Paki discomfort came from the huge media event (books, movies, etc) conducted by the Champ regime. They would have preferred a much more discreet approach, hence the meaningless 'supply line' issue...which if I remember correctly, was resolved via the usual method.

Just my guess however.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-23 10:54|| 2016-05-23 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Concur on the 2012 resolution of the supply line issue via the usual method. They will continue to bleed us until the end.

Concur on your assessment of the Paki discomfort as well. Although if the Pakis did this as Hersh asserts, they certainly did not think the second and third orders of effect through. Obama is a trophy guy and a braggart and never considered a discreet post-op approach once this kill mission was deemed a success. It still gets under my skin - who in the hell authorizes a photographer in a SCIF Ops Center during a mission like that? Only Obama in order to record his heroic act.

Posted by Tennessee 2016-05-23 11:25|| 2016-05-23 11:25|| Front Page Top

#7 ....who in the hell authorizes a photographer in a SCIF Ops Center during a mission like that? Only Obama in order to record his heroic act.

Insurance! If it all we down wrong, he (Champ) did not act alone.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-23 12:18|| 2016-05-23 12:18|| Front Page Top

#8 "Pakistain likely tried to remove a failed and weak Taliban leader, because Mansour was ranked in the third or fourth categories of Taliban and it was Pakistain that brought him up to this level, but this was a wrong decision by Pakistain, now that Mansour is no longer alive, Pakistain will try to designate a powerful Taliban figure as a new leader" - former Afghan NDS head Nabil

So, like bin Ladin, Mansour likely was "sold". The Paks get rid of damaged-goods, select a new Taliban leader, and do a favor for the Champ regime; a chit to be called in later.

Posted by Pappy 2016-05-23 13:06|| 2016-05-23 13:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Pakistain will try to designate a powerful Taliban figure as a new leader" - former Afghan NDS head Nabil

Attempting to find a more pliable, receptive moderate. Sound vaguely familiar ?

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-23 13:10|| 2016-05-23 13:10|| Front Page Top

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