Posted on 05/28/2010 11:26:00 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The U.S. military is developing plans for a unilateral attack on the Pakistani Taliban in the event of a successful terrorist strike in the United States that can be traced to them, The Washington Post reports.
Planning for a retaliatory attack was spurred by ties between alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad and elements of the Pakistani Taliban, the Post said in an article posted on its website Friday night, quoting unidentified senior military officials.
The military would focus on air and missile strikes but also could use small teams of U.S. Special Operations troops currently along the border with Afghanistan, the Post said.
Airstrikes could damage the militants' ability to launch new attacks but also might damage U.S.-Pakistani relations.
The CIA already conducts unmanned drone strikes in the country's tribal regions. Officials told the Post that a U.S. military response would be considered only if a terrorist attacks persuaded President Barack Obama that the CIA campaign is ineffective.
A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Pakistan already has been told that it has only weeks to show real progress in a crackdown against the Taliban.
The U.S. has put Pakistan "on a clock" to launch a new intelligence and counterterrorist offensive against the group, which the White House alleges was behind the Times Square bombing attempt, according to the official.
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There will be on peace over there until every last muslim nation has been conquered and a western friendly democracy installed... period.
I’m standing by for Zero to Wag the Dog and launch a Clintonesque limited attack in Pak. [in case the Sestakgate stuff turns ugly for him...]
Some of the conquering needs to happen within as well. A solid round-up of the Koranimals within these borders.
Yeah, we may even publish the plan’s exact details on the front page of the NYT’s! lol
All this posturing, threatening and huffing and puffing.
The entire world knows the weak kneed lilly livered occupant in the white house has no intention of protecting Amreica.
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