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2011-06-11 India-Pakistan

Militants flee after U.S. gives intel to Pakistan

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Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-06-11 09:16|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Because the South Vietnamese government and the ARVN were infiltrated, the US went to considerable lengths to cultivate a few trusted units, after everyone in them had been repeatedly tested for leaks and passed.

While it was an extensive and subtle undertaking to purge any infiltrators and "questionables", it paid off in spades, because such units could be used as the teeth of major Phoenix operations that needed a lot of boots.

Often for "Night of the Long Knives" operations where they would police up and deal with dozens or even hundreds of Viet Cong operatives, often in positions of power in the government.

And because they were Vietnamese, they were not under the restrictive US ROE, so could quickly torture for information, and execute VC they had snatched.

Such units were sequestered from the ARVN and any government meddling, and the VC were terrified of them. Watching their bases, when any number of them would leave for any reason, VC operations would halt and they would try to hide, which was damned incriminating.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-06-11 11:14|| 2011-06-11 11:14|| Front Page Top

#2 I have a couple of other possibilities -

The intel was junk to begin with, or

The leakers are in this country, using the New York Times as a vehicle for leaks.

But I think the obvious problem is correct!

Posted by Bobby 2011-06-11 11:58|| 2011-06-11 11:58|| Front Page Top

#3 They were repeatedly given the opportunity to be trustworthy, and they repeatedly chose to fail. It must be remembered that the ISI is not an independent branch of the military, but a career experience that promotable army officers are rotated through. So anything deemed acceptable by members of the ISI must be ok with the Army of the Pure as well.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-06-11 13:38|| 2011-06-11 13:38|| Front Page Top

#4 They were repeatedly given the opportunity to be trustworthy, and they repeatedly chose to fail. It must be remembered that the ISI is not an independent branch of the military, but a career experience that promotable army officers are rotated through. So anything deemed acceptable by members of the ISI must be ok with the Army of the Pure as well.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-06-11 13:38|| 2011-06-11 13:38|| Front Page Top

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