Pakistan's Army Warns Us Not To Stage Any More Raids
From Chris Brummitt, the AP (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110505/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_bin_laden):
Pakistan's army broke its silence Thursday over the U.S. commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, acknowledging its own "shortcomings" in efforts to find the al-Qaida leader but threatening to review cooperation with Washington if there is another similar violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
I don't expect Obama to say anything in response to this, but the proper reply would be: "You actively sheltered Osama bin Laden for over 5 years. The only thing we should be hearing out of you is an abject apology and plea to be allowed to be able to continue to play with your nice shiny toys -- most of which we sold you."
Seriously, we need to put Pakistan on notice that their choices are
(1) Turn over or drive out Al Qaeda and the Taliban to us,
(2) Stand back and let us go in there and take them out ourselves,
or
(3) Consider yourselves at war with the United States of America,
and we now have little faith in their ability to do "1," so they'd better be reconciled to "2" if they don't want to suffer "3."
Who do these assholes imagine themselves to be? And before you answer "a sovereign nation," a "sovereign nation" does not whine about the impossiblity of driving out the Terrorists. If the Pakistanis can't beat the Taliban and Al Qaeda, they can't beat us; if they won't beat the Taliban and Al Qaeda, then we have to beat the Pakistanis. No other options, not anymore.
Pakistan's army broke its silence Thursday over the U.S. commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, acknowledging its own "shortcomings" in efforts to find the al-Qaida leader but threatening to review cooperation with Washington if there is another similar violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
I don't expect Obama to say anything in response to this, but the proper reply would be: "You actively sheltered Osama bin Laden for over 5 years. The only thing we should be hearing out of you is an abject apology and plea to be allowed to be able to continue to play with your nice shiny toys -- most of which we sold you."
Seriously, we need to put Pakistan on notice that their choices are
(1) Turn over or drive out Al Qaeda and the Taliban to us,
(2) Stand back and let us go in there and take them out ourselves,
or
(3) Consider yourselves at war with the United States of America,
and we now have little faith in their ability to do "1," so they'd better be reconciled to "2" if they don't want to suffer "3."
Who do these assholes imagine themselves to be? And before you answer "a sovereign nation," a "sovereign nation" does not whine about the impossiblity of driving out the Terrorists. If the Pakistanis can't beat the Taliban and Al Qaeda, they can't beat us; if they won't beat the Taliban and Al Qaeda, then we have to beat the Pakistanis. No other options, not anymore.