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India-Pakistan
American troops can't enter Pakistan without invitation: Bush
2006-09-16
But there'd better be a standing invitation every time Binny or Ayman pops his pointy little head up...
US President George Bush said on Friday that Pakistan is a "sovereign" country and US troops cannot enter Pakistan in the hunt for Osama bin Laden unless they are invited to do so. At a news conference at the White House, Bush said that if the US wants to send its troops into Pakistan in pursuit of bin Laden, it will have to be invited by the government of Pakistan to do so. Bush added, "There is a kind of urban myth in Washington about how this administration hasn't stayed focused on bin Laden. We've been on the hunt till we bring him to justice. We're doing it in a smart fashion. We are." The president said, "And I look forward to talking to President Musharraf. He doesn't like Al Qaeda. They tried to kill him. And he has a good record of bringing people to justice inside of Pakistan because the Paks are in the lead. They know the stakes about dealing with a violent form of ideological extremism."
And pay no mind to those rather tall, well muscled fellows back at the edge of the crowd. The ones who speak a couple languages and are ... skilled.
Where? Where? I saw nuttin' ...
Posted by:Fred

#6  Time to play a game of Mukerjee May I?
Posted by: 6   2006-09-16 13:38  

#5  US President George Bush said on Friday that Pakistan is a "sovereign" country and US troops cannot enter Pakistan in the hunt for Osama bin Laden unless they are invited to do so.

Someone send a copy of Rio Grande to the boy to remind him that while dramatized, the Americans did send troops into Mexico, a sovereign nation, to chase the Apache without invitation.

On the other hand, I'm personally for firing up the 'blood feud' between those on each side of the border. Some serious raids going south ought to make life interesting for the boys in Pakland.
Posted by: Glith Shatch1916   2006-09-16 08:49  

#4  India is upgrading the Iranian port of Chabbar so that Indian goods can flow into central asia via Iran. It is building roads into Afganistan from this port.
It is also upgrading the Tajikistan airbase at Farkor so it can fly troops into there.
It has enough air and sealift capability to ferry troops around pakistani territory and into Afghanistan.
Posted by: john   2006-09-16 08:32  

#3  It's never gonna happen John, but as an exercise, is there a way 2 divisions (or even 2 brigades for that matter) of Indian light infantry could be supplied without using Pak airspace or roads?
Posted by: 6   2006-09-16 07:36  

#2  Since Nato is being stingy with troops, how about President Bush calling up Manmohan Singh and asking for some Indian soldiers, with actual counterinsurgency experience? India could easily spare a couple of divisions of troops.

The prospect of forty thousand Indian soldiers on his western border, along with their armor and artillery, should be enough incentive for Perv to realize the need for cooperation.
Posted by: john   2006-09-16 07:13  

#1  I saw no mention of airspace.....
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-16 00:24  

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