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2008-01-24 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve White 2008-01-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Either down the garden path, or an opportunity to get a sufficiency of advisers with Ranger patches and lots of free time for playing tourist.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-01-24 07:00|| 2008-01-24 07:00|| Front Page Top

#2 When they say history doesn't repeat itself, just point out that human behavior is consistent.

In the latter half of the 19th Century the Apache would raid our Southwest out of Mexico. No amount of diplomatic 'pressure' or complaint would get Mexico City to act against the Apache based in their northern territories. So the American Army put a full court press on the problem [even the anti-Army post Civil War Donks couldn't hold back their brethren from Texas who demanded action for obvious reasons]. When the heat became too much for the cheap cross border raids, the Apache turned upon their hosts in Mexico. Then and only then with the Apache causing death and destruction in their midsts, that undermined the political standing of the ruling class in Mexico City, that action was taken. Or as Yogi Berra would say - It's deja-vu all over again.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-01-24 08:13|| 2008-01-24 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Ha ! Exactly, P2K, exactly.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-01-24 10:49|| 2008-01-24 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 P2K,
It also helped that the US cavalry started "hot pursuit" into Mexico, undermining Mexican sovereignty. (Something we should do with Pakistan).

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-01-24 12:18|| 2008-01-24 12:18|| Front Page Top

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