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2008-03-30 India-Pakistan

Like the Wild, Wild West. Plus Al-Qaeda.

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 glass it.

Posted by 3dc 2008-03-30 11:35|| 2008-03-30 11:35|| Front Page Top

#2 handicapped by the lack of a good plan, reliable allies or decent intelligence, the United States has watched as this strip of mountainous territory wedged between Afghanistan and Pakistan has become the most ungoverned, combustible region in the world.

I read nothing in this article to indicate the reporter is privy to American plans or intelligence. But it's possible I missed it.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-30 14:55|| 2008-03-30 14:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Written like a US hating European would write. Also not really in new or useful information.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-03-30 16:26|| 2008-03-30 16:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Three or four ARCLIGHT strikes and some napalm will straighten the place out in no time. If not, there are always more bombs, more napalm. In the end, we'll win - IF we have the will to do so. If this kind of behavior has to carry over into the Pashtun areas of Afghanistan, oh, well!

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-03-30 17:31|| 2008-03-30 17:31|| Front Page Top