Posted on 12/07/2008 9:57:56 PM PST by cavador
Because Pakistan is an ally in the War on Terror. ...don'cha know. </sarcasm>
The biggest error our country makes is hiring 'indigenous' peoples to work for us in war zones.
Worked well in Vietnam, didn't it?
US/NATO convoys have been routinely attacked and destroyed in Pakistan... so why is it suddenly news now?
I guess that depends on the definition of “Afghanistan” since that country has always been more theoretical than anything else. Alexander the Great did pretty well up there (Khandahar area), but then his M-O was to pretty much leave things to the locals.
I expect that this is “News” because it allows Obama to begin shifting combat resources from Iraq (the Bad War) into Afghanistan (the Good War). I know this is a childish comparison but it’s the Democrats that we’re persuading here.
I agree.
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