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2010-09-18 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-09-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1 If there isn't cooperation on every strike, then broad permission appears to have been granted by the Pak side. Secret deals on strikes which are public appear to make little sense. Ideally, the US should transfer drone technology to Pakistain to remove qualms over violation of sovereignty.

Is the speaker nuts? No way am I handing that technology to people who could use it against us.

The Pak military is helping to pick the targets. Sovereignty my a**.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2010-09-18 10:45|| 2010-09-18 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Secret deals on strikes which are public appear to make little sense.

Makes sense to me. Keep the drone strikes going and don't satisfy these surrender monkey journalists.

Posted by Shomotch Scourge of the Algonquins2445 2010-09-18 20:17|| 2010-09-18 20:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Ideally, the US should transfer drone technology to Pakistain to remove qualms over violation of sovereignty.

Very ignorant idea. All we need is Shariah proponents to have this ability. At least they probably wouldn't be able to maintain it, but I could imagine them selling the tech to China, Russia, or any other enemy nation.

As for coming clean, I disagree. Consider the political establishment the PAK government is in and the majority of their, "constituents." They can create a tacit understanding with the US to carry on strikes against terrorists, whom are also a danger to the regime. By giving the US a nod and not claiming any thing, the keep the folks in their neck of the woods happy with plausable deniability. The US gets to attack the terrorists. Certain PAK officials can remove threats and get the chance to complain about sovereignty.

Posted by miscellaneous 2010-09-18 20:59|| 2010-09-18 20:59|| Front Page Top

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