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2008-09-21 India-Pakistan

US Military Advisors to head for Pakistan soon

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 The US and Pakistan have cleared remaining obstacles

gorb's interpretation: Gov't officials are running scared.

Posted by gorb 2008-09-21 03:15|| 2008-09-21 03:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Force 17 marches again.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-09-21 10:04|| 2008-09-21 10:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll stop short of using the "Q" werd, but I certainly hope this was all very well thought out.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-21 10:14|| 2008-09-21 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Hope they "vet" the people being trained so that they are not Taliban or AQ. All we need is a bunch of Western well-trained AQ/Taiibunnies.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-21 10:19|| 2008-09-21 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 IIRC, US trainers always leave out one or two "tricks" when training non-US nationals in any top-of-the-line courses, John. Most of the time it's not critical, except when fighting US counter-insurgency forces.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-09-21 15:17|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-09-21 15:17|| Front Page Top

#6 US trainers always leave out one or two "tricks" I sure hope so, plus I hope they put RFID tags & GPS units in the equipment they sell them.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-09-21 15:19|| 2008-09-21 15:19|| Front Page Top

#7 How you gonna vet 'em? Pak military records? Yeah, those are reliable.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-21 15:44|| 2008-09-21 15:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Most likely you are going to have to work with the Pakis and keep tabs on them on an ongoing basis. Pakinstan ISI is a den of intrigue and full of Taliban and AQ and sympathizers.

It is difficult to invade a country of 180 million people. The next best thing is to work with Pakis and try to stem the Taliban/AQ problem in Pakistan. If Pakistan gets controlled, Afghanistan ought to quiet. There cannot be havens in Pakinstan for AQ. We will see another 911 and the Afghan was will continue without end if this problem continues to fester Pakistan.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-21 19:49|| 2008-09-21 19:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Ahgan War will continue...

Must have truncated something or push the wrong commands.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-21 19:50|| 2008-09-21 19:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Hopefully these advisors will be language trained special forces. We will have to vet the Pakis like we did the Vietnamese when working with them in Vietnam or the Afghans that we work with. We won't always be right.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-21 19:56|| 2008-09-21 19:56|| Front Page Top

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