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| India-Pakistan |
| 'Taliban, NATO, US equal for tribesmen' |
| 2008-09-28 |
| The Taliban, NATO and the US "are all equal for us", said Malik Manasib Khan, the leader of a lashkar, called up to help Pakistan's army expel the Taliban and anyone else. "We will fight against America until the last soul if they come to our country," Khan told reporters in Raghagan, 12 kilometres northeast of Khar. The military took reporters to the Pashtun tribal fighters in the tribal region on Friday to show it has the support of locals. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 it's difficult to build an institutional memory of your fights against our Marines and Army when your first encounter is your last...on this Earth |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-28 16:55 |
| #7 Actually, this stand is due to a natural failing of human nature : when facing an enemy, one tends to assume that they will operate like similar foes in the past. The only "regular military" that most of the tribals have ever dealt with in the past is the Paki Frontier Corps, so the tribals have a very low view of national troops because of that. They will be in for the shock of their {albeit short} lives if they ever do confront NATO and/or US troops with the Western standard of fire support and close air support. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2008-09-28 16:33 |
| #6 "We kick Talibass. What makes them think they'll do better against us?" A complete disconnect with reality, Fred. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-28 16:03 |
| #5 What is not equal is the amount of return firepower and crunch that each party can put on the house. The usual approach is to take on the one with the less effective reply [other than the Pak Army, which is a given]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-28 15:30 |
| #4 They're not doing a real good job of ejecting the Talibs and al-Qaeda, who they say are no different from us. We kick Talibass. What makes them think they'll do better against us? |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-09-28 10:34 |
| #3 "We smuggle, we run drugs, we raid other tribes, it's business. Both the Taliban and NATO are bad for business." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-28 09:52 |
| #2 They're equal opportunity rustics. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-09-28 08:44 |
| #1 well, Malik, we don't want to, so don't make us. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-28 07:18 |