Pakistan Did Not Give Permission For Latest Missile Strike

Orbat ^ | Sept 19 2008 | Ravi Rikhye

[swarthyguy]

Have at it.

[WakeUpAndVote]

I'm deeply saddened.

/s

[SevenMinusOne]

Who gives a flying F about what Orbat.com thinks or even more about what information it believes it is entitled to.

How's that.

[Paladin2]

"the Pakistan government was not in the loop"

And that's a GOOD thing.

[HardStarboard]

>>>But now it turns out the Pakistan government was not in the loop,....<<<

That is the prime reason the strike was a success....

[mgc1122]

“Turns out Pakistanis did not give permission for the latest strike in South Waziristan which killed six insurgents and destroyed a container load worth of arms/ammunition. “

Target. Match. Fire.

Nicely done. The Paks should be sending thank you notes instead of complaints.

[swarthyguy]

Touchy, touchy, aren’t we.

You responded.

Sorry, I get it, no alternative views or analysis allowed.

After all, this is a discussion board.

No discussion allowed, LOL!

Got any more pearls of wisdom there?

[Constitutions Grandchild]

“Pakistan Did Not Give Permission for Latest Missile Strike”

They didn’t???? Oops.

[steel_resolve]

This is getting to the point Americans are as morally and legally guilty of causing American/Allied deaths as America's sworn enemies

WHat a pantload. This whole article is a POS.

[jeffc]

Turns out Pakistanis did not give permission for the latest strike in South Waziristan which killed six insurgents and destroyed a container load worth of arms/ammunition

Well, my question would be, why didn't the Paki's take them out? And furthermore, if they didn't want to, or couldn't, why didn't they give us permission to do it? Sounds like plausibe deniability, to me. How come the media can nuance things for foreign nations, but not the U.S.?

[Paladin2]

"The Paks should be sending thank you notes instead of complaints"

The PAki gov't soesn't have sovereignty of Islamabad, much less the border areas.

[swarthyguy]

That’s what I enjoy about FR sometimes, but only sometimes.

The reasoned, intelligent response.

Hit a nerve, didn’t he.

[mlocher]

Who gives a flying F about what Orbat.com thinks

You can either ignore them, orbat 'em over the head.

[SevenMinusOne]

That wasn't directed at you - Discussion is good for the most part -

But I still stand fully by my comment who gives a blank what information Orbat.com thinks or wishes it was entitled to.

[Cicero]

Since when did international diplomacy or war ever require governments to openly say what they are planning or doing?

Does Orbat believe in the Tooth Fairy?

[Redbob]

The Pakis idn’t give their permission?

Or didn’t even know it was going on?

Either way, p on ‘em.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Dead Terrorists.
Thats a GOOD THING.
Who knew or said what? Who gives a rats ass?

[marron]

Thanks for posting. I like reading stuff out of India. They are tapped into a slightly different rumor mill, with slightly different presuppositions, and have a different take on almost everything.

I agree with his comment on the press...

A bigger bunch of half-wit, half-educated people is hard to find..

and...

We periodically slam the American press for its imbecility, so we are overjoyed to find the Euro press can match the Americans fair and square in this respect.

[swarthyguy]

Thanks, though this guy is based in DC and has had many past runins and disagreements with the Indians, as his last few lines state.

His comments on the press are rather acerbic and he’s been railing against US media war coverage for ages.

How valid his insights are is a matter of individual judgement, but I do check him out almost daily.

[Publius6961]

I see Orbat.com has told us what it "thinks" it is.

I would like to get an objective assesment of who they are before having an opinion.

I did notice that after all that "handwringing," they neither suggest what should be done to fix any perceived problem.

On the other hand they are no more entitled to classified information than my pet rat.