Pakistani fighters flood into Afghanistan

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 10/29/2001 | Philip Smucker

[S.O.S121.500]

Why do I think a crop duster/spray plane to shower this bunch with 'warm' (liquid) hogs lard followed by a dose of napalm qualifies as a GOOD idea.......at least for the gene pool.

[Pokey78]

And if they choose to ride in one of the Taliban's Toyota's....

[FITZ]

Dispatch them to Alah, most haste.

Yes, they want those virgins they think are waiting for them, they need to commit suicide for allah, so we need to assist them.

[dep]

Why do I have the feeling that some freaking JAG is going to tell some PC general that it just wouldn't be nice to hit them? And that the general is going to listen?

i know. and until we take this friggin war seriously, you can rest assured the other side won't. i mean, i actually heard this on teevee today: "nearly 300 bombs were dropped on afghanistan in the heaviest bombing yet." that is not fighting a war in any real sense of the word.

dep

[Credo]

Heh, Let them lead us to more lucrative targets.

[McGavin999]

Why report it, the media will just claim it's innocent civilians. You can hit that group and then never say a word.

[kempo]

We've had alot of armchair Generals here at FR in the last few days.

[schaketo]

Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth – With carrion men, groaning for burial..

Shakespeare

[Not now, Not ever!]

Mohammad Zahid, 25, who has helped recruit fresh fighters for the Taliban. "We have so many fighters and guns that we don't know what to do with them all," he said.

psst! mohammed! we know what to do with them, all of them, hide and watch!

[Vauss]

Heh, we _want_ these idiots in Afghanistan. The Taliban will have to feed and arm them. Since they have no real training, all they will do is get in the way, cause logistical headaches for the Taliban, turn the people they have to rob for food and shelter against the Taliban, etc. If they ever do get to the front lines, they are cluster bomb fodder. Killing them will make things easier for the Pak government. The stupid, foolish, and brave are always the first to die in a war, and these Pushtun morons are all three.

[dep]

if that were the case, the taliban would not be rounding up young men, who have no training or weapons and who have to be fed, from their homes, which they are doing. they're happy to have cannon fodder. and i think it's pretty unlikely that this crowd will all be taken to shake hands with osama or zoom-zoom. no, icing their sorry butts one foot inside the border would send a far more meaningful message to the taliban.

dep

[dpwiener]

If you need to burn a pile of leaves or yard debris, then you might as well gather up all of the little piles and even let the neighbors join in. It saves time and effort. (from the Martha Stewart Guide to War)

I also hope you're right. It certainly is the logical course of action. Pakistan's rulers have a big problem with pro-Taliban Islamic fundamentalists, and it makes sense to allow (or encourage) volunteer fighters to get out of Pakistan and into Afghanistan. Not only does that add to the pressure on the already tight supplies of the Taliban army, but it allows U.S. forces to carpet-bomb higher concentrations of the enemy.

[dpwiener]

Obviously a lot of us have come to the same conclusion. One additional factor is that the residue of these idiots who survive the bombing will be able take back stories to Pakistan of just how frightful U.S. military power is.

[dpwiener]

if that were the case, the taliban would not be rounding up young men, who have no training or weapons and who have to be fed, from their homes, which they are doing. they're happy to have cannon fodder.

The Taliban are desperate, but that doesn't mean they're smart or that they understand how to combat U.S. military forces. Untrained cannon fodder will not be militarily effective. It's not as though we lacked enough planes or bombs or ammunition to kill as many of them as the Taliban are able to throw into the battle. As it is, I'd much prefer that we kill Pakistani volunteers than press-gang conscripts.

[ctonious]

Actually, it makes much more sense to track them as they get far from the border. Then we can blast every last one of them into the sand - and when our Pakistani "allies" complain - we can then say "Hey - we had no idea they were Pakistani's. We recommend that Pakistani's stay well inside their own border for their own safety."

[ctonious]

As it is, I'd much prefer that we kill Pakistani volunteers than press-gang conscripts.

Good point. It serves the cause of justice far better to wipe these extremist volunteers out, rather than some poor Afghan farmer inducted at gunpoint. The very fact that these scumbags are volunteering to help the Taliban fight the US, though they know exactly what happened in NY, and even though they're from an uninvolved country, clearly stamps each and every last one of them as direct co-conspirators to Taliban atrocities.

So I say to the Pakistani terrorist brigades: "Bring it on. We've got some AC-130's waiting for you."

[Moosilauke]

An excellent decision by the Paks. We can't touch them so long as they stay in Pakistan. But if they'll file into Afghanistan in an orderly fashion, we can help them in their quest to reach Allah's loving arms. And every terrorist who removes himself from Pakistan increases the chances of our tenuous partnership with Pakistan surviving.

[dep]

i agree entirely with you that these guys are on the A list for target practice. problem is, unless we get 'em as they convoy in, the taliban will take their pet network, cnn, off to see all the innocent civilian pakistanis the u.s. has created. meantime, anything we can do to cause the taliban to be cut off, the better for us.

dep

[Professional]

I can't think of a sweater air target.

"They died with their sweaters on." Very courageous, comfortable too.