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2007-10-14 India-Pakistan

8 kidnapped Pak Army officers to face court martial on release

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Posted by john frum 2007-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 These military officers sitting quite comfortably on the chairs, with their guns allegedly lying on the grounds, had no idea what was about to unfold

At partition, Pakistan got their portion of the British Indian Army, a tough, all volunteer, battle hardened, professional fighting force.

Where has that tradition gone? The Pak army is engaged in private enterprise, crony capitalism, misrule of their country, the training of terrorists.

No wonder they can't fight a damn.

Posted by john frum 2007-10-14 07:43|| 2007-10-14 07:43|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Keep in mind that the Pakistani Army is what Jim Dunnigan calls a 'police army' - for a very good example, see the sad force that 'liberated' the Falklands from the UK in 1982 and then got it's a*s handed to it by a truly professional army. For all practical purposes the Pakistani Army is more of a danger to its own people than anyone else.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-10-14 10:20|| 2007-10-14 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 these military men did not fire a single shot while being kidnapped by the militants

Chalk it up to "professional courtesy".

Sources said these officers were also facing serious charges for setting a bad precedent in the history of Pakistan Army when they surrendered before the civilian fighters within the borders of their own country and made the institution of army even more of a laughing stock in the eyes of the world.

There, fixed that.

These people even arranged some chairs for the military officers and they all sat there waiting for clearance of the road.

Didn't notice all the leather straps attached to those chairs, did they?

Sources said at one stage these three agents of the Taliban told these army officers that it might not be possible to clear the road unless they bring some people from the adjacent village to help them remove the obstacles.

Curious how nobody in the command chain or general ranks managed to perceive that a road block might indicate the presence of hostiles. Then again, the soldiers most likely do not regard terrorists as hostiles.

For all practical purposes the Pakistani Army is more of a danger to its own people than anyone else.

You say that like it's a bad thing, Mike.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-14 11:08|| 2007-10-14 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 the Pakistani Army is more of a danger to its own people than anyone else.

The Pakistani army has killed more of its own citizens than any other fighting force in the past half century.

It commands a lion's share of the Pak budget, depriving the general citizenry of education, health care, employment etc.

Posted by john frum 2007-10-14 11:51|| 2007-10-14 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 The Pakistani army has killed more of its own citizens than any other fighting force in the past half century.

Finally, some sort of remote justification for all those arms sent to Pakistan.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-14 12:25|| 2007-10-14 12:25|| Front Page Top

#6 'cept that most of the people they killed were not Islamists or terrorists... they shelter that sort...

Posted by john frum 2007-10-14 12:48|| 2007-10-14 12:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Thank you for the clarification, john frum. I respectfully withdraw my snark.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-14 12:56|| 2007-10-14 12:56|| Front Page Top

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