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2006-09-16 India-Pakistan

American troops can't enter Pakistan without invitation: Bush

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I saw no mention of airspace.....

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-16 00:24|| 2006-09-16 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Since Nato is being stingy with troops, how about President Bush calling up Manmohan Singh and asking for some Indian soldiers, with actual counterinsurgency experience? India could easily spare a couple of divisions of troops.

The prospect of forty thousand Indian soldiers on his western border, along with their armor and artillery, should be enough incentive for Perv to realize the need for cooperation.

Posted by john 2006-09-16 07:13|| 2006-09-16 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 It's never gonna happen John, but as an exercise, is there a way 2 divisions (or even 2 brigades for that matter) of Indian light infantry could be supplied without using Pak airspace or roads?

Posted by 6 2006-09-16 07:36|| 2006-09-16 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 India is upgrading the Iranian port of Chabbar so that Indian goods can flow into central asia via Iran. It is building roads into Afganistan from this port.
It is also upgrading the Tajikistan airbase at Farkor so it can fly troops into there.
It has enough air and sealift capability to ferry troops around pakistani territory and into Afghanistan.

Posted by john 2006-09-16 08:32|| 2006-09-16 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5 US President George Bush said on Friday that Pakistan is a "sovereign" country and US troops cannot enter Pakistan in the hunt for Osama bin Laden unless they are invited to do so.

Someone send a copy of Rio Grande to the boy to remind him that while dramatized, the Americans did send troops into Mexico, a sovereign nation, to chase the Apache without invitation.

On the other hand, I'm personally for firing up the 'blood feud' between those on each side of the border. Some serious raids going south ought to make life interesting for the boys in Pakland.

Posted by Glith Shatch1916 2006-09-16 08:49|| 2006-09-16 08:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Time to play a game of Mukerjee May I?

Posted by 6 2006-09-16 13:38|| 2006-09-16 13:38|| Front Page Top

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