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2011-10-03 Afghanistan

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Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-03 14:58|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 So, when is the US going to conduct a SOCOM takedown of these corrupt ISI generals?

NSA could probably determine which of them are the worst offenders, CIA could chart their activities, and then some other organization could arrange for them to have a nice fatal heart attack.

Eventually the light would dawn that this is a lot harder line of work than they'd signed on for.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-10-03 16:38|| 2011-10-03 16:38|| Front Page Top

#2 So, when is the US going to conduct a SOCOM takedown of these corrupt ISI generals?

The ISI is not separate from the Paki military. It is an integral part of it. The problem, and hence the solution, is much larger than Washington has til now acknowledged.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-03 16:45|| 2011-10-03 16:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, the ISI bears more of a resemblance to the Waffen-SS or the GRU, than simply being part of the Army in Pakistan. It is the political commissar section designed to keep any regular Army general from going against the developed consensus inside the Paki military-industrial complex. What Eisenhower warned about here, Pakistan has in spades in reality: the military owns much of the most productive industries in the country, and can be counted on to NOT enforce the anti-feudal laws anywhere that the industrialists want it ignored.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-10-03 18:42|| 2011-10-03 18:42|| Front Page Top

#4 The impression I have is that an awful lot of Pakistan army officers -- I don't know about the enlisted, but I suspect the same -- do a rotation or several in the ISI as they work their way up the ladder. It is no more a separate organization than the Pentagon is separate from the DoD.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-10-03 19:48|| 2011-10-03 19:48|| Front Page Top

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