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2008-05-21 India-Pakistan

U.S. military wrestles with the problem of the Afghan-Pakistani border region

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 Hit and Run?
(Un)Plausible Deniability?

Posted by Hupager Lumumba5246 2008-05-21 01:25|| 2008-05-21 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 I think a 10km wide zone dusted with cobalt 60 might do the trick.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-21 01:42|| 2008-05-21 01:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Its in Pakistans interest for the unrest to continue ie.Pay cqs from the West!!!!

Posted by Paul 2008-05-21 06:45|| 2008-05-21 06:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like Cambodia, 1967-72, doesn't it? Send John Kerry, he has the experience.

Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-05-21 07:32|| 2008-05-21 07:32|| Front Page Top

#5 If you want to play the 'Great Game', then you need to be willing to 'allow' the Afghanies to cross the border the other direction to grace the tribal areas with the same hospitality it has visited upon the Afghan's towns, villages, clans, and family. The key is to have transit areas that are open for our side but still hostile to the other to insure its not exploited by them.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-05-21 08:39|| 2008-05-21 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 procop has what may well be the right idea, but I think the problem is that Helmand prov simply doenst enough friendly tribesmen at this point, and afghans from elsewhere (even pashtuns) couldnt do the job (theyd stick out to much)

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-21 09:10|| 2008-05-21 09:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Divide pakistan up between Afghanistan and India. It was stupidity in the first place to give these idiots their own "country". Time to prove that what's given can be taken away. It would also send a clear message to the "palestinians" and hezbullsh$$ that we're a bit tired of THEIR game, too.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-05-21 14:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-05-21 14:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Does India want to add to their muslim population, esp as theres probably a much larger share of folks who cant get along with Hindoos in Pakistan than among Indian muslims?

And to give the NWFP to Afghanistan would swing the pop bal in Afghan toward the Pashtuns, which is why it was pushed pre-1977 by the old Afghan monarchy - but today, all the non-Pashtun folks in Afghanistan are represented, and would oppose it.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-21 15:36|| 2008-05-21 15:36|| Front Page Top

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