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2009-10-22 India-Pakistan

Pakistan hits Taliban, urges NATO to seal border

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 ION TOPIX > PHILIPPINES > ESTRADA WANTS ALL-OUT WAR AGZ INSURGENTS IN PHILIPPINES. Any MilTerr, any Group, includ but not limited to MILF.

SAME > NEW LEADERS READY TO TAKE OVER MILF STRUGGLE + PHILIPPINE REBELS WARN OF ALL-OUT ANARCHY/WAR IFF PEACE TALKS FAIL + REBELS ASK FOR US HELP IN PEACE TALKS WITH MANILA GOVT.

IIUC, Estrada believes its the only way MANILA = PHILIPPINES can decisively end any and all of its insurgencies [Muslim, Commie, ethnic] quickly and move forward in national affairs.

COMPARE WID WMF/ CHIN MIL FORUMS-BLOGS = Many CHIN Netters believe that, REGARDLESS OF WHERE CHINA FINDS ITSELF IN CONFLICT, CHINA should prepare to MILITARILY FIGHT SEVERAL REGIONAL WARS OR CONFLICTS AT SAME TIME [Taiwan, North-SOuth Korea, UIghurs, INDIA, JAPAN, RUSSIAN FAR EAST, CHINA SEAS ISLANDS.....@etc. getting the US-NATO out of CENTRAL-EAST ASIA], while CHINA is still strong and has the MANPOWER + NUCWEAPS TO DO IT, + while BULK OF [non-US] ENEMIES ARE STILL RELATIVELY WEAK VEE CHINA. TIME + TECHS + ONGOING NATION(S), REGIONAL MODERNIZATION, etc, in not on China's side???

YEAR 2020-AND-AFTERWARDS > SUPERPOWER-WANNABE CHINA may find it increasingly difficult to protect or assert its geopol interests-influence, espec given NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION TO THE THIRD WORLD, NON-ALIGNED NATIONS, + espec NUCLEAR ISLAMISM/MILITANCY(S)???

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-10-22 00:34|| na]">[na] 2009-10-22 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 About 28,000 soldiers are battling an estimated 10,000 hard-core Taliban

Say *what*? That's a rotten force ratio for an assault into ugly terrain. The Pakistani military supposedly has 600k active-duty, with another 500k reserves. Why the hell aren't they calling up reserves & concentrating more formations on this crap? They can secure their *own* goddamn border with that sort of theoretical manpower. NATO has its own hot war in the actual heartland of Afghanistan, and needs to concentrate its resources on securing the Helmand River and other population centers.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-10-22 08:06|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-10-22 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Pakistani helicopter gunships attacked Taliban bases near the Afghan border on Wednesday as the army urged NATO forces to seal the frontier to stem cross-border movement of militants.

What goes around comes around. Gee, who's been asking the Paks for the last seven plus years to do the same? /rhet question.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-22 09:01|| 2009-10-22 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 It's good to see that the army is hitting them hard enough that it's attracting forces from across the border. I'd say that's good news. Anytime the Taliban goes up against any kind of regular troops they get smashed. Things are going swimmingly.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-10-22 12:24|| 2009-10-22 12:24|| Front Page Top

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