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2008-07-19 India-Pakistan

Taliban damage trailers carrying NATO supplies

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 We have a major resupply problem RE NATO forces in Afghanistan. Either we, or Pakistan, need to do something about it. If Pakistan won't, we should create a safe route for trucks carrying supplies, including armed compounds to guard them overnight, and security vehicles (Bradleys) to guard them on their routes. Make any further military aid to Pakistan contingent upon such a deal. Might want to include a covering force of an Apache aircraft or two. If phakestan won't go along with the deal, maybe it's time to eliminate phakestan.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-07-19 15:34|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-19 15:34|| Front Page Top

#2 The supply line should go through Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan (including all the fuel produced locally). It is not as efficient but it won't supply billions of dollars to Pakistan. Because the money flow is the only thing propping up Pakistan's economy, it is in Pakistan's interest to keep the Afghan war boiling and the flow of supplies ever increasing.

This should have been done a few years ago when the extent of Pakistani involvement in the Sept 11 atrocity started to become known. Better to help the economies of the 3 nations get on their feet than to keep enriching Pakistan, the sponsor of Al Qaeda, the Taliban and just about every terrorist attack on the west.

Posted by ed 2008-07-19 15:52|| 2008-07-19 15:52|| Front Page Top

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