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2010-12-15 India-Pakistan

US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1 Good question, Fred. Maybe our tactics in Pakistan are limited to just drones and covert forces while in A'stan we can send in the Marines for a more complete solution? Or maybe Pakistan's government allows dronezaps but Karzai's doesn't?

Posted by Glenmore 2010-12-15 08:15|| 2010-12-15 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 The last I read, we were limited by production of drone missiles, secondarily by production of drones, and thirdly by drone pilots. Under the circumstances, reminding the bad boyz via drone missiles that they have no safe haven in Pakistan, while our guys on the ground and in the air tear them to pieces whenever they gather in Afghanistan, seems an acceptable going-with-the-weapons-we've-got strategy.

As I recall, we and the Afghans have Special Forces wandering at will in the Pakistan border provinces, which suggests it's not only drone missiles that are killing bad boyz on that side.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-12-15 15:31|| 2010-12-15 15:31|| Front Page Top

#3 My question is, why haven't we drone-zapped Karzai yet? He's given us plenty of reason to. The next time he spouts off about "killing civilians" or "joining the Taliban" or "limiting the rules of engagement", he should have an encounter with a Predator. Getting rid of him and his relatives would go a long way toward ending the graft and corruption in Afghanistan.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-12-15 17:32|| 2010-12-15 17:32|| Front Page Top

#4 The last I read, we were limited by production of drone missiles, secondarily by production of drones, and thirdly by drone pilots.

Don't we have a recession going on now? Seems to me we ought to be able to find a bunch of folks willing to do this. Or maybe if Americans won't fill these jobs, at least we could find some illegals.

Posted by gorb 2010-12-15 22:59|| 2010-12-15 22:59|| Front Page Top

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