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2009-12-07 India-Pakistan

We wont pursue Taliban leaders in Pakistan: Gates

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Posted by Steve White 2009-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 of course not that would make sense. Instead we will just send them more AID money that the bigwigs can sipher off.

Posted by chris">chris 2009-12-07 07:58|| 2009-12-07 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 History repeats itself but not in detail. We wouldn't pursue the Chinese/Koreans north of the Yalu River; we wouldn't pursue the North Vietnamese/Vietcong into North Vietnam/Cambodia. Once again one hand tied behind our back military philosophy...

Posted by borgboy 2009-12-07 12:45|| 2009-12-07 12:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Once again one hand tied behind our back military philosophy...

Agreed, borgboy. It was stupid in Korea, it was ten times stupid in Vietnam (thanks, LBJ, Nixon...), and it's stupid here. Unfortunately, the only way to actually DO what needs to be done in Pakistan starts with mushroom clouds over about a dozen Pakistani cities, followed by about 200,000 US troops. First, we don't have the troops, second we don't have a military commander willing to even voice such a plan, and third, we don't have a CINC with the courage to make a bold statement.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-12-07 15:36|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-12-07 15:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Who is guiding all those Predators flying over key bits of Pakistan, then? The tooth fairy?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-12-07 18:03|| 2009-12-07 18:03|| Front Page Top

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