Pakistani security analyst Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha writes
(90):
It is important to note that Pakistan’s armed forces
especially the army operates like a fraternity. In this
environment, severe punishments to individuals or
extraordinary treatment of a similar nature are viewed as
undermining the morale of the institution. Sidelining
undesirable individuals or rewarding others discreetly
is, thus, a preferred choice.
90. Soldiers in business, “Power, Perks, Prestige and
Privileges: Military’s economic activities in Pakistan -
Dr Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha
Based on that, it sounds like we ought to just nuke the city and FAE bomb all the surrounding villages for X kilometers.
This is reasonably interesting. More confirmation of what FReepers have been saying about Pakistan for years. As if finding OBL where we did wasn’t enough . . .
Osama and his cohorts, given their co-location with Pakistan’s highest level military, had access to nearly all the secrets of the US war on terror. He had access to the billions that the US has sent to Pakistan, access to all levels of surveillance and the technology that does the same.
His location was no accident. Given they found zero communication equipment in his location, it is only reasonable that the Pakistani military capabilities near him were a link in his command and control network.
One report says his compound was not completed until 2005, so GW Bush had 2 years to find it and didn’t. Obama has had 2 years to find it and did.
The Pakistani military, on the other hand, had to have known since before 2005.
BUMP for later reading...!