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2006-01-15 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-15 00:23|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Should have just used a MOAB on the village and not told anybody.. After the snow melts somebody might have missed them but by then no evidence...

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-15 01:12|| 2006-01-15 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 No, no, no.

No MOAB.

We are precise. We work off the best information we can find, and we always work to get more. We don't deliberately target civilians. We take great care not to harm innocents. We treat people well when they deserve to be treated well. We punish our own when they fail to abide by our moral code.

Splattering a whole village to get Zawahiri isn't worth it. We'll get him eventually.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-01-15 01:32|| 2006-01-15 01:32|| Front Page Top

#3 its amazing--the pakis say we didn't get him--yet yet they don't know where he is--so how do they instantaneously know he's still alive?--can anyone say isi--i believe the villagers--there is no lying in islam--oy--more taquiyya for the kufr--i hope he's paste and mist and some residual dna for id purposes only

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2006-01-15 02:36|| 2006-01-15 02:36|| Front Page Top

#4 hours before the strike some unidentified guests had arrived at one home and that some bodies had been removed quickly after the attack. This was denied by villagers

I got 10000 dinars and 7 goats for each of you gents who denies we wuz here.

Posted by 6 2006-01-15 06:28|| 2006-01-15 06:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Two things happenedthat night. First, if we did not get Z we got someone important enough to be removed like the article posts. Second we have sent a very clear message to every Pak that lives in a mud hut that if you provide sanctuary to AQ leaders we will send in the helfires. This was a win at the end of the day.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-15 09:03|| 2006-01-15 09:03|| Front Page Top

#6 And whoever the dinner guests were who got zapped were legitimate targets. I tend to agree with Steve White's sentiments, but I believe that whever the terrorist leader is, that venue is a legitimate target.

People need to understand that the terrorist leader is a liability and that even his presence will hurt them if they let him hang around them. Finding these ideal venues to zap a terrorist leader is extremely difficult and time consuming. Take Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, for example. He hid around civilians, making himself almost impossible to take out. Then he was finally taken out, pretty clean hit, but the Paleos hate the Israelis anyway.

In the case of hits in the NWFP, they will always be difficult to impossible, because the venues will never be ideal. Intel is so hard to get and maintain without compromise. The terrorists are protected by the tribes and the ISI. But it is still a sanctuary for terrorist heirarchy and it cannot allowed to fester. Tough calls, but the terrorist leadership must always be pressured and on the run. The tribes living in the NWFP need to realize that their are harboring a liability and not an asset. Fine line on hits, but judgements must be made and we must keep the pressure on the leadership.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-01-15 12:57|| 2006-01-15 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 AP and all make good points. Those goat herding warrirs think they are an independent country until someone pops their cap. Bunch of pussies.

In any case...the message now should loud and clear in the wilds of that goat-buggering Province. No more Mister Nice Guy. If you and your family harbor AQ, or taliwhackers you are in trouble.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-01-15 14:49|| 2006-01-15 14:49|| Front Page Top

#8 I understand the MOAB sentiments, but think on balance Steve is right. For OUR sakes

We are precise. We work off the best information we can find, and we always work to get more. We don't deliberately target civilians. We take great care not to harm innocents.

Posted by lotp 2006-01-15 17:10|| 2006-01-15 17:10|| Front Page Top

#9 And, then we do what we need to do to find and bring to justice (dead or alive) the SOBs who are urging terror on innocents around the world.

That's also for our own sakes ....

Posted by lotp 2006-01-15 17:11|| 2006-01-15 17:11|| Front Page Top

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