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2008-09-11 India-Pakistan

Bush authorizes US commando raids in Pakistan -NYT

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Posted by tu3031 2008-09-11 09:42|| || Front Page|| [10325 views ] Top

#1 thank god the NYT revealed the secret orders....
and don't question their patriotism

*spit*

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-11 09:54|| 2008-09-11 09:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, who else would have authorized it? Waldo? Not exactly a huge surprise here.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-09-11 10:10|| 2008-09-11 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Mexican Army can operate across our Southern border with impunity, what's a couple SF troops to the Pakistanis, more or less? Have em' take a cue from our DoS to learn how to tolerate foreign incursions without blowing an aneurysm.

Posted by Jiggs Elmoluger3473 2008-09-11 10:44|| 2008-09-11 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Looks to me like he had some sort of deal with Perv. Since Perv is out of the way, it's open season on jihadis in Pakiwakiland - and about time, too.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-09-11 10:51|| 2008-09-11 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 It was the low cost bid on GPS systems. Nah, we are just taking care of a long festering problem. Pakistan is one of the bee hives from whence terrorism comes. Hope Bush told the Pakis, since you didn't take of the problem, we are.

I cannot imagine Barack Obama as President during the WOT despite whatever he says.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-11 11:03|| 2008-09-11 11:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Send in a whole damned division of marines and "sterilize" that pestilence.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-11 11:08|| 2008-09-11 11:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't the Pakis keep their cute little nuclear arsenal tucked away in the NWFP somewhere?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-11 11:11|| 2008-09-11 11:11|| Front Page Top

#8 6 years too late.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2008-09-11 11:42|| 2008-09-11 11:42|| Front Page Top

#9 A senior U.S. official told the Times

One wonders who the open mouth belongs to and why he spoke. Sometimes it's ego, and unauthorized, but sometimes it's purposeful use of the media to send a message. If the former, he might should be hanged for treason.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-09-11 12:42|| 2008-09-11 12:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Five will get you ten that it was Mullin speaking "not for attribution." He is a bozo, does not inspire confidence, and should be dumped right now.

Posted by Balthazar 2008-09-11 13:07|| 2008-09-11 13:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Cross border commando operations are obvious. What isn't obvious, and was probably not seen by the NYT, was the additional secret authorization to SOCOM.

Which orders might have been best summarized by the Thuggee Guru in the move Gunga Din:

"Rise and kill. Kill, lest you be killed yourselves. Kill for the love of killing. Kill for the love of Kali. Kill! Kill! Kill!"

While not exactly an operations order, I'm sure that it would be appreciated by SOCOM types, in the current context.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-11 13:33|| 2008-09-11 13:33|| Front Page Top

#12 secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow

For the first time in July? There have been complaints about ghosts killing jihadis for several years in that part of the world. I find it very hard to believe the president only recently authorized it... unless it was the CIA doing it before, and it's the DoD now.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-11 13:36|| 2008-09-11 13:36|| Front Page Top

#13 Screw Pakistan, when is W going to issue a secret order to infiltrate the NY Times and get me the clues to the Sunday crossword puzzle ahead of time.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-09-11 13:46|| 2008-09-11 13:46|| Front Page Top

#14 Pakistan army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani said on Wednesday Pakistan would not allow foreign troops to conduct operations on its soil.

He doesn't consider Binny and Knothead to be foreigners?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-11 14:07|| 2008-09-11 14:07|| Front Page Top

#15 There's been a low-level war going on between President Bush and the bureaucracies in Washington since he took office. Washington needs a thorough house-cleaning, but it would take ARCLIGHT strikes, napalm, and maybe a nuke or two to get some of those entrenched a$$holes out of their offices. Two divisions of Marines wouldn't be enough. Everyone who belongs to AFSCME needs to be fired - ALL employees of the Federal Government serve "at the convenience of the President", and they need to learn that. Unfortunately, the Donks have passed enough laws that it's virtually impossible to clean house without military intervention.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-09-11 14:32|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-09-11 14:32|| Front Page Top

#16 more raids please ....

Posted by Legolas 2008-09-11 14:43|| 2008-09-11 14:43|| Front Page Top

#17 Also from the Times, next raid will occur tomorrow at 2200 hours on Mount Splodeydope.

Posted by DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2008-09-11 15:00|| 2008-09-11 15:00|| Front Page Top

#18 PLZ write the advertisers for the NYSLIMES and the other Traitorous Rags.

FACT #1. for every one letter received from a consumer of a product, it is counted as representing 1000 other couch potatoes or bizzy bees who are either too lazy or too bizzy to write, but do consume the advertisers product/s.

Ima not sure whether Old fashion Letters are better than e-mails.

It doesn't take many Citizens to change economic pressure on Manufactures.

Posted by Red Dawg ">Red Dawg 2008-09-11 16:07|| 2008-09-11 16:07|| Front Page Top

#19 Good.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2008-09-11 20:04|| 2008-09-11 20:04|| Front Page Top

#20 Good.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2008-09-11 20:04|| 2008-09-11 20:04|| Front Page Top

#21 President George W. Bush secretly approved ...

Thanks a heap NYT! But don't question the their patriotism.

Posted by DMFD 2008-09-11 20:07|| 2008-09-11 20:07|| Front Page Top

#22 E-mails pretty much don't rate, Red Dawg - they pretty much count as one for one Old-fashioned snail mail is the way to go if you want it to count as multiples.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-09-11 22:31|| 2008-09-11 22:31|| Front Page Top

#23 CNN BLITZER > THE SEARCH FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN > reminded that Osama's fromer driver argued OBL was alive as of 2005 [few years after TORA BORA] and was actively recruiting for AQ in Afghanistan when Dubya invaded Iraq in 2003. CNN BLITZER > ITS NOT JUST THE TALIBAN BUT ALSO AL QAEDA THAT IS REFORMING AND STRENGTHENING/RE-ARMING INSIDE PAKISTAN.

It remains my belief that even iff US SPECOPS, etc. did finally capture or kill OBL, espec by 11/08 Elex or Jan 2009, or even 2010 [post-Dubya], IT MAY NO LONGER BE ENUFF TO STOP THE ISLAMIST THREAT, IRAN, andor PAN-ISLAMIST NUCLEARIZATION. THE US GOVT-DOD MAY HAVE TO DUST OFF ANY PRE-SHELVED PLANS FOR A NEW NATIONAL DRAFT WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT, WANT A DRAFT OR NOT.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-11 22:35|| 2008-09-11 22:35|| Front Page Top

#24 Send 'em a Telegram, that count's for 14,372.

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