[maine-iac7]

I wonder if he thinks Israel has the right to go after Hezbollah and Hamas

I wonder = hope= we can stick to the subject of this thread and take hope that our beleaguered troops in the Kunar are finally going to get the 'colander' holes plugged.

And, gosh, maybe even some attention from freepers. I've noticed that threads on our military get scant attention and few posts - especially compared to any threads on mcCain bashing (how long will it take for a basher to introduce that subject here too) or if the title contains "O.J.", Paris, Jessica Simpson or such - then the posts will run into the hundreds.

It would be nice if the few posts that our military threads DO get could stick with the thread subject.

[JohnJ]

I agree. However, it appears that those posts are at a lower volume over the past day or so. Could it be because they are still glued to their TV watching MSNBC reruns of Matthews and Olbermann using Russert’s corpse as a soapbox?

Now, back to the subject at hand.

The use of the unmanned drones are very effective in monitoring the cross border movements and I expect their usage both for targeting and for providing video documentation will be effective in putting the Pakistan government on notice. Now that Karzai finally has a competent military (small but growing) under his control, he can be expected to extend his control.

[ASA Vet]

how long will it take to introduce that subject here too

I'd say by about post #6.

[Americanexpat]

the left is fond of comparing Vietnam war to the WOT. Well here is one lesson learned from the VN war. We let the VC and NVA attack and kill our soldiers and marines from sanctuaries in Cambodia and Laos. The one time we tried to do something about it the dumbass politicians put restictions on how far in thr troops could pursue the enemy and how long the operation would last. The enemy simply pulled back out of range and waited us out.

We should put Pakistan on notice that will not tolerate sanctuaries for terrorists and if they will not do anything about it or ask our help in crushing the terrorist then we will do it ourselves.