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2006-12-11 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve 2006-12-11 12:17|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I will never understand why we don't level that whole area. We have taken our lumps wrt world opinion on Iraq, but don't we still have moral authority pursuing Al Qaeda? Are we afraid to destabilize the oh so stable Pakistan?

Posted by Unique Battle 2006-12-11 13:11|| 2006-12-11 13:11|| Front Page Top

#2 The biggest problem is that we still haven't proven to these gasbags that we're really the baddest of the bad. We need to run ARCLIGHT strikes down through the Tribal Agencies every day for a month, then ask whoever survives if they want to continue to support the Taliban. Bomb from southwest of Quetta to northeast of Peshawar. PROVE to the Taliban that we can be the most heartless bas$$$$s on the globe if we have to be. Give them three days to surrender after the bombing stops. If there's no surrender, expand the strike zone to include all of Pakistan, and don't put a final time limit on the bombing.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-12-11 14:46|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-11 14:46|| Front Page Top

#3 we still haven't proven to these gasbags that we're really the baddest of the bad

And there you have it.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-11 15:23|| 2006-12-11 15:23|| Front Page Top

#4 The policy makers at the state department value Pakistan's geo-strategic utility (ally with a voice in the muslim world, keeping it from embracing China too closely, as a counterweight to India) more than they do the war on terror itself.

As long as they do that calculus, Pak is safe.

Recall that they knew all about the AQ Khan network and preferred to let pak go nuclear rather than rein it in.

Posted by john 2006-12-11 15:47|| 2006-12-11 15:47|| Front Page Top

#5 "After clashes in which hundreds of Pakistani troops were killed, Pakistani authorities forged pacts aimed at ending attacks on Pakistani forces.."
But it's the Americans who can't stomach a fight.
Give the area, independence. Then we can bomb it everyday of it's existence. Give it back to the Paks when we are done. Never mind, the dems are in control.

Posted by plainslow 2006-12-11 16:12|| 2006-12-11 16:12|| Front Page Top

#6 what OP, john, UB, plainslow, and Shipman said..

"A man with a salad fork who wants to see the color of your insides is going to win nine out of ten over the guy with the .45, the M-16, the Abrams tank, the F-22 fighter, the Aegis cruiser and the W-80 nuclear warhead, but who can't stand the sight of blood."

/ht nichveo

Posted by RD 2006-12-11 19:37|| 2006-12-11 19:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil.
For I am the Meanest Motherfucker in this valley.

Problem here is that they just don't believe that, they need to be taught.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-11 19:54|| 2006-12-11 19:54|| Front Page Top

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