Posted on 06/16/2009 10:08:59 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's army launched airstrikes and ferried in tanks and artillery as it confirmed Tuesday that it was preparing a major offensive against insurgents in al-Qaida and the Taliban's safest haven along the Afghan border.
The highly anticipated military operation in South Waziristan is seen as a potential turning point in the yearslong and sometimes half-hearted fight against militancy in Pakistan. It could also help curb Taliban attacks on Western forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
But the offensive in the lawless tribal region will also be the toughest yet for Pakistan's military, testing both its fighting capability and the government's will to see it through, analysts said.
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Norm,
If the Pakistani army invaded say Harlem, or Chicago, would they have a chance of being successful against the locals?
Norm,
If the Pakistani army invaded say Harlem, or Chicago, would they have a chance of being successful against the locals?
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That’s long odds territory, they’d probably be out-weaponed. ;-)
Exactly.
I think nearly any army would get its hat handed to it if it invaded a whole lot of American neighborhoods.
God bless America and the 2nd Amendment and the Chinese for inventing gunpowder. 8-]
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