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2011-05-10 India-Pakistan

US has non-Pakistan supply routes for Afghan war

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Posted by Fred 2011-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Figured it out did ya? Now reduce troops and the required amount of supplies and cut off the $3 billion in US jizya this year to Pakistan plus hundreds of millions more in transit fees.

I'd like to suggest everyone look at consumer goods labels, especially clothes. If they have the Made in Pakistan label, then pass it by and let the store know why you will be shopping elsewhere. Don't feed Islamic Terror Central.

Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-10 01:16|| 2011-05-10 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ASHTON CARTER

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* MICHAEL SCHEAUER, former head of the CIA Bin Laden search unit, whom argued on FOX NEWS AM [Napolitano] that the US is DE FACTO "DEAD IN THE WATER" IN THE AFGHANISTAN THEATER WIDOUT ITS ACCESS TO PAKISTAN PORTS OR LOGISTICS HUBS, ESPEC KARACHI.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-05-10 02:08|| 2011-05-10 02:08|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm with Scheaur. We have gone over all of this before and it's very tedious keeping those supply trains as it is. There is no way to do it without Pakistan without mission modification. Not even a "Berlin Airlift" does a good strategy make.

Posted by newc 2011-05-10 11:40|| 2011-05-10 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Turkmenistan?

Posted by mojo 2011-05-10 12:59|| 2011-05-10 12:59|| Front Page Top

#5 In an interview, Carter downplayed those concerns, noting that the US military's logistics operation was developed to deal with unexpected hurdles such as devastating floods throughout Pakistain last year.

Notice there was no mention of the millions of dollars worth of supplies stolen as containers are broken into in transit. No mention of the prohibition of shipment of sensitive items to include uniforms either.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-10 13:04|| 2011-05-10 13:04|| Front Page Top

#6 we need shipping containers with some cams, a remote detonator an filled with high explosive....
Have one of the AWACs watching transmissions. When a perp makes a move on the column and is near the container --- iff the container is in a Pak town... blow it up.

Posted by Water Modem 2011-05-10 16:25|| 2011-05-10 16:25|| Front Page Top

#7 This is why we need to get the hell out of Afghanistan yesterday. The logistics train makes this war unsupportable. That along with the lack of infrastructure, illiteracy, tribalism, etc make this place one of the worst in the world to carry out a military campaign. We killed Binny, now lets go home.

Posted by remoteman 2011-05-10 16:38|| 2011-05-10 16:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Water Modem:

What you are proposing is referred to as Trackers/Transmiters and Locacators or TTL. These devices are relatively inexpensive and leverage our technological advantage over cave dwelling jihadi bandits, pirates and thieves and are therefore discriminatory and racist. They shall not be used as they might produce actionable results.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-10 19:39|| 2011-05-10 19:39|| Front Page Top

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