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lucas123Feb 1, 2012
I'm going to try to act surprised ...
Darn. It's not working.
Without the support of the populace, the Taliban goes away. With it, you're not going to force it to go away.
njdoo7Feb 1, 2012
The answer is obviously stronger US media presence in the region, so they can be told what to think.
intrepiddesignFeb 1, 2012
Still the foreign aid to Pakistan continues. I know there are vast intricacies in our relationship with this country but it's quite clear we are at odds with Pakistan, and it's time to decouple. No, not go to war with, cut financial and military ties with. Yet we're stuck in this finger trap with then, too scared to say to hell with you for fear of their nukes getting into the wrong hands, but completely unable to ignore as they actively plot against us. What a mess.
jager36cFeb 1, 2012
If we take our hands out of the cookie pot, we risk letting the taliban get their hands on ACTUAL nuclear weapons. At least this way we can keep the Pakistani govt at the table and keep an eye on them.
intrepiddesignFeb 1, 2012
With the state of Pakistan as it is, and their obvious collusion with the Taliban, what's to say this isn't possible now? Also I'm not sure we're doing that great a job of keeping an "eye on them" considering OBL was living the good life within Paks boarders. I honestly don't know what the solution is.
letherialFeb 1, 2012
"I honestly don't know what the solution is."
education
intrepiddesignFeb 1, 2012
Long term, of course, and more accurately, education and social equality for women. Both tall orders considering the region. I just don't know how to get there from where we are.
letherialFeb 1, 2012
Getting there is a problem.
Id say...remove the troops and what ever money we would of spent on military, instead attempt to use it to educate them. (assuming we want to solve it)
Its not that simple i realize that, regardless, i don't see how having our troops stay there helps the situation at all.
mjm6783Feb 1, 2012
LOL, did you say social equality for women? Hell we haven't even mastered that in the US. You really think that a bunch of backwater Islamo-fascists are going to cooperate?
intrepiddesignFeb 1, 2012
"You really think that a bunch of backwater Islamo-fascists are going to cooperate?" Currently, no. At the same time, I don't think generalizing helps make the way forward any clearer.
jager36cFeb 1, 2012
What we have right now is better then no eyes at all. And with them still talking to us, there is a better chance of control then if we fully turn our backs on them. It's one thing if they sneak them out, completely different if they blatantly give nukes to the taliban.
intrepiddesignFeb 1, 2012
"one thing if they sneak them out, completely different if they blatantly give nukes to the taliban."
A leveled city is a leveled city.
jager36cFeb 2, 2012
Sneaking a nuke out is damn near impossible with the amount of radiation those things pump out, radiological detectors will be be screaming like hell. so if they are sneaking one out, it's gives the world powers more options...like when spies are caught their home countries disavow all knowledge of them...so if the taliban is caught with one, Pakistan can just say "oh well" and the world can deal with it. But if it was blatantly loaded onto a plane flown by the taliban, it becomes much harder to stop in time. I'm not saying it's ideal the situation we're in right now, but at least we have a better chance of keeping our eyes on their nukes. And besides if we do pull out, who's to say Pakistan will let the IAEA in to do their routine checks, right now we can force them.
savetheseaFeb 1, 2012
Time to go boys, thanks Afghanistan and Pakistan have fun defending the castle by yourselves.
Closed AccountFeb 1, 2012
Taliban is a caravan of buggery
k9000Feb 1, 2012
is this justification for the (official) war with pakistan?
njdoo7Feb 1, 2012
If it is, I would be interested to see China's response, as one of their military chiefs stated any threat to Pakistan is a threat to China.
k9000Feb 1, 2012
they must not have heard about the drone attacks on pakistani soil.
njdoo7Feb 1, 2012
That's what it was in response to:
I cant paste a google translate link here, so do it yourself:
http://www.junshijia.com/article/201111/83165_3.html
The quote is on the 3rd page of the article.
k9000Feb 1, 2012
ooooh snap! thank you for the link.
canpantherFeb 1, 2012
America's next target, right after Iran.
assassyn360Feb 3, 2012
More of a reason I am glad President Obama never notified Pakistan of what they already knew, osama was down the street and around the corner from their military academy.
toxtekFeb 2, 2012
Haha. Nice try NATO. I don't think anybody is going to believe your s**t.
P.S. No more supplies from Pakistan.
altrblFeb 2, 2012
Pakistan is hedging knowing who will be in charge in Afghanistan as soon as the US leaves...
rocannonFeb 2, 2012
if i were a suspicious fellow it'd be occurring to me that NATO has a vested interest in keeping US involved...
publikjohn9Feb 1, 2012
Are you ready for some blow back?
You just read that in Hank Williams Jr's voice.
niceguyvanFeb 1, 2012
No I didn't. Nor do I know who that is
publikjohn9Feb 1, 2012
It's ok, Williams is a nobody. Just like you.......
ridgerunner5Feb 1, 2012
Baseball player, I think...
rocannonFeb 2, 2012
good joke... it is a joke, right? ;-D
infotermsFeb 1, 2012
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