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2011-10-19 Afghanistan

US forces 'massing on Afghanistan-Pakistan border'

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I'd like to vote for "killed".

Posted by gorb 2011-10-19 00:07|| 2011-10-19 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, use that swarm technique to overpower them and learn their logistics. This has now become a containment game.

Posted by newc 2011-10-19 00:27|| 2011-10-19 00:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Also remember that Pakistan is massing troops on that border too.

Posted by newc 2011-10-19 00:49|| 2011-10-19 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Pff...plenty more to replace casualties. Pakistan is nothing if not stuffed full of unnecessary young men with zero future.

Posted by gromky 2011-10-19 03:38|| 2011-10-19 03:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Practically speaking, now with a more than half the population of the US. 187 million in 2011, CIA estimate.

On the plus side, only 15.5% are Pushtun, the most ornery of the lot.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-10-19 08:09|| 2011-10-19 08:09|| Front Page Top

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