Posted on 09/21/2009 4:00:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – The White House is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.
Two senior administration officials said Monday that the renewed fight against the terrorist organization could lead to more missile attacks on Pakistan terrorist havens by unmanned U.S. spy planes. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because no decisions have been made.
Top aides to President Barack Obama said he still has questions and wants more time to decide.
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Break out the B-52s.. Saturation Bomb ‘em into the 6th century
US Marines from 2/3 Fox company keep watch on a hilltop during a patrol in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has warned President Barack Obama in a confidential report that the war against the Taliban could be lost within a year without more troops. (AFP/David Furst)
“Break out the B-52s.. Saturation Bomb ‘em into the 6th century.”
Rolling Thunder?
TOO LATE. They already are in the 6th century...
“Saturation Bomb ‘em into the 6th century”
They’re already there!
Might want to quit your job if you work in a Pakistani aspirin or baby formula factory or herd camels for a living.
US Marines from 2/3 Fox company sleep in their base in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan. AFP
Yes Cast Iron TNT Bombs lots of them very Cost effective.
Headline: Normandy landing in doubt.
Top aides to President Barack Obama said he still has questions and wants more time to decide.
Has there ever been a western nation that has NOT been defeated in Afghanistan?
It’s a good idea but worthless when you refuse to have any collateral casualties.
Obama already has that in effect..idiot. Jihadis will hide behind their women’s skirts anytime they know it will work.
It took Muslims 200 years to do it themselves!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_conquest_of_Afghanistan
That would be the 7th century. Muhammad was not born until 632 - that’s the 7th century.
Personally, I would prefer using up a lot of those nukes Hussein wants to get rid of... Make them glow. Far more practical than trying to drop massive amounts of iron on mountains.
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