Posted on 07/14/2007 7:10:32 PM PDT by Dog
Extremely unlikely - The Jihadists / Taliban types have strong support virtually only in the border regions.....The Pak military isn't about to "share" power with them....The Pak "moderates" make up a sizable share to boot.....No, AQ/Taliban elements have very little chance of taking over Pak in all likelihood.
Though they do have much support within the border regions - But they are isolated to a degree -
The ISI (Sr. players) also have strong loyalties to Musharraff. Musharraff also have a great deal of support throughout the Pak Mil HQs...
I do hope you are right.
—Maulana Fazlullah, a militant mullah—
O Lollobrigidah, your soup I diggidah,
and if there’a a jewel, it’s your pasta fazool...
(with apologies to Hanna-Barbera Inc.)
What do you thin any US president should (or could) do about it?
Do you think an invasion of a nuclear-armed country of 170M people with a non-Keystone Cops army is feasible?
“Extremely unlikely - The Jihadists / Taliban types have strong support virtually only in the border regions.....”
Just curious, what do you base that statement on?
I hate to say it, but if we’re going to win this war, we have to stop hand wringing every time women and children get hurt. The enemy knows we do this and acts accordingly. A highly dishonorable, but effective tactic which we must learn to counter.
Maybe they’re losing their foothold in Iraq and are now forming up for the last stand in Pakistan. Gotem boxed in now.
Oh, and in the fwiw department, I think ol' Binny boy is still dead.
5.56mm
You do know the 3rd Elite Commando of Punjab are mostly
Sikhs ?,,,they made the assault on the mosque,,,
I don’t think perv has much trust in some of his army,,,
I know the driveby doesn't like it but the only time a war ends is when one side wins.
The thing is that I believe many Americans including our government does not seem to understand how fluid the situation is in Pakistan - It is that bad.
What concerns me is that the Taliban militants are firmly entrenched less than 100 miles from one of Pakistan's plutonium reactors - and the likelihood that a nuclear weapon were to fall into Al Qaeda's hands is getting closer to reality.
Our government has backed this guy 100% which leaves us no other option - when he falls (and it will be soon) we are screwed.
The analogy I gave to another FReeper is that it would be the same as if Bush were to instruct the military to start hunting down Democrats
Might I suggest some above ground nuclear weapons testing in Wazirastan?
A couple of comments about the article: 1) Why did the authors not remind us that a madrassa is a religious school? 2) Why do they say the guy was disguised in a burqa instead of disguised as a woman?
Dats de one,,,some great posts there...A “tuff fite” Fo’Sho.
A little synical this evening...I’d trust a well-bribed taliban fighter more than I would a “friendly” ISI agent (lol) (snort)
A little synical this evening...I’d trust a well-bribed taliban fighter more than I would a “friendly” ISI agent (lol) (snort)
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“Trust?”,,,After the first magazine !!,,,And after they quit kickin’...;0)
Notice they're stirrin the s*** all over these days.
Hmmmmmmmm
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