Posted on 04/23/2009 11:28:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
International alarm at the Talibanisation of parts of northern Pakistan near Islamabad was mounting last night after militants ambushed a convoy of soldiers deployed to prevent extremists taking over a district only 60 miles from the capital.
Snipers opened fire on police escorting four platoons of Frontier Corps paramilitary troops into Buner district, a day after militants overran government buildings and looted western aid offices. One policeman was killed and one injured, an army spokesman said.
Locals said the ambush had forced the Frontier Corps to retreat. "Now Buner is ruled by the Taliban," one resident told the Guardian by phone. "They go anywhere they want."
The confrontation comes just a week after the government introduced sharia law in neighbouring Swat, in an effort to appease the Taliban. But the deal has only emboldened a spread into other districts, in the name of spreading Islamic law.
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The Pakistanis used to be able to hold off these guys. Maybe it’s time for us to intervene.
They made a deal with the Taliban.... the “moderate” Taliban I guess...
.. and they got fleas
“Frontier Corps” paramilitary troops?
Maybe they should try sending their best.
They made a deal, but in reality the Taliban controlled that area anyway.
This is very serious. Is Pres_ent Obowdown going to do anything?
Now the Taliban are turning on their creators.
Didn’t Obama say in a debate he would invade Pakistan? I notice no one’s calling him on it...
Hhhhmmmm .... maybe it might be time to start carpet bombing with nukes. That may be a more sustainable solution.
Since India is down wind - they may complain a bit ... but when they see the end product, I believe, they may applaud the effort.
Oooooppppssss, my bad. It would require Zero to reclaim his testicles from the Clinton/Alexrod Lock Box long enough to give an order that the Soros/Code Pink axis won’t start bitching about until after the deed had been accomplished.
Pakistan Population: 176,242,949 (July 2009 est.)
We don't have enough soldiers. Seriously we should at least consider pulling our troops out of AFPAK before they become trapped between nuclear Islamic Extremists Pakistan and a nuclear Islamic Extremists Iran. We should have never forced a change in Presidency. Democracy is too weak to stand up to this enemy. Our troops would be better positioned within Georgia and Poland to handle what is coming. Let India handle Pakistan. We are broke and on the verge of revolution here anyway. My 2 cents from an armchair general.
Ever think that we might grow some stones, stand on our hind legs and act like men.
This may be a bit more than the average Metrosexual is up for ... but then, we can always sing kumbyah for a bit.
Oh, by the way ... India, do you think that if we were to start it ... the Indians are likely to sit on their thumbs like an 0bambi appointee?
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html#People
Population ... 1,166,079,217 (July 2009 est.)
Its not about us anymore, unless you have a trillion in your back pocket that could fund sending 100,000 into Pakistan to build another democracy. Our grandchildren will be the ones that end up paying for this invasion. Besides, we have better allies in Eastern Europe that need defending from the more serious threat that already has hundreds of nukes targeting our cities.
So you propose attacking Pakistan from the West with US forces and from the east with Indian forces. For starters, you must have missed how well the Indian Forces handled a handful of terrorists in Mumbai recently.
I’m not proposing an invasion. I wouldn’t want to have any of our troops cruising across a radioactive battlefield. Turning most of Pakistan into a night lite is what I’m proposing.
We did not hesitate into turning a couple of cities in Japan into glow in the dark watch dials ... why should we hesitate about turning a significant portion of Pakistan into a glow in the dark sign?
You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
I suspect we need another Pope Urban II. My 2 cents.
That is probably what India will do. At the very least the US should neutralize the nuclear attack capability of Pakistan. That is going to be difficult based on where the nukes are located. Sending thousands of troops through the Khyber Pass and then across Pakistan to get to those nukes from Afghanistan would be most difficult. A small expeditionary mixed force from India could stand a chance to get to the nukes before the terrorists.
This is not Rocket Science ... I’ve done Rocket Science - this isn’t this.
We know where the Paki nukes are stored ... why not turn those locations into ground zero? Think there are some other possible places they might be stored? Drop a tactical or two there also. Want to play it safe .. wait twenty-four hours and have the satellites watch where the ants swarm. Drop a couple of more tactical warheads there also.
My point is, we did it once ... let’s do it again.
I don’t claim to be an expert on Pakistan but from what I have read the Punjabi-Sindh majority don’t think of the frontier provinces as being REALLY part of Pakistan (Maybe the way Americans might think of US overseas territories).
As they start to creep closer to Punjab I think the attitudes in Pakistan will change dramatically. I would not be at all surprised if they hit the panic button and call on US, Iranian or Chinese help. The latter two could be a nightmare.
I'd say India has the most to lose. Maybe they should do something.
This is getting to be a total mess....instead of pandering to the Islamic Terrorists...we need to kill them.
If there is any positive to this....it will make the Democrats look even more foolish (and pro-Islamic Terrorist) if the Taliban takes over the Paki capital.
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