Comments on: Pakistan: 400 Taliban assault police station

By: nbarry

nbarry — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:25:09 +0000

While the article gives local place names, it doesn’t say whether the attack occurred in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Which was it?

By: On-my-soap-box

On-my-soap-box — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:23:59 +0000

On July 10th, 2008 at 11:09 am, J S Ragman said:
Just think, if only we could get 400 Al Qaeda and their attorneys all in one spot.

As long as it is not GITMO because, as we all know, the fine citizens in GITMO are all there without reason.

By: J S Ragman

J S Ragman — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:09:04 +0000

Just think, if only we could get 400 Al Qaeda and their attorneys all in one spot.

By: JT

JT — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:56:37 +0000

bradley,

We are fighting the enemy in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Philippines etc., And I’m sure there is some thing going on in Pakistan. The lib media just hasn’t given away all our military secrets… yet.

By: swmbo

swmbo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:54:05 +0000

Nightmare time. If we don’t start removing a certain radical group from our own land we could see some of this here. Of course, our radicals are illegal not home grown. Big difference I guess.

By: JHSII

JHSII — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:36:14 +0000

I see brad_sk would have only fought against the Japanese and ignored the Germans in WWII. Great strategic thinking there, Brad!

By: Ordinary Coloradan

Ordinary Coloradan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:25:14 +0000

550 Metric Tonnes of Yellow Cake Uranium says both Joe Wilson and brad_sk are wrong.

By: brad_sk

brad_sk — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:14:42 +0000

MNUSMCDavid said: at 18
We went in there for more than WMD’s

Catching Osama bin Laden and killing other cruel terrorists is lot more important to me (and I am sure other Americans) than whatever that “more” you are talking about.

By: MNUSMCDavid

MNUSMCDavid — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:06:06 +0000

” non existent WMD’s…..”
Are you still on that singular canard? We went in there for more than WMD’s and I refuse to AGAIN recount all the leftards and such that thought the move into Iraq prudent. Can’t let go of the mantra, can they?

By: brad_sk

brad_sk — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:01:10 +0000

I wish Bush had just concentrated on Afghanistan and Pakistan instead of raiding IRAQ in search on non existent WMDs.

Hope atleast OBamam will do as he says and attacks or atleast pressurizes Pakistan to allow our great troops to invade Wazirstan (border are b/w Pakistan and Afghanistan where Osama is believed to be hiding) and kill all these thugs.

By: MNUSMCDavid

MNUSMCDavid — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:51:29 +0000

The beating certain trolls have gotten on these threads lately won’t deter them, I’m afraid. Let the beatings continue until morale improves! Does feel good every time a mole, I mean troll, is whacked, doesn’t it?… As for this Taliban show of strength….well, they must have put their eggs in one basket. Wonder if any Predators were overhead during this little mess?

By: mojoe

mojoe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:06:00 +0000

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By: ArizonaNeanderthal

ArizonaNeanderthal — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:18:15 +0000

Whatever the number they do seem to be organized. I hope we have a Rapid Response capability there to take advantage of such situations. It is easiest to Kill Them Where They Are.

By: tre

tre — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:57:55 +0000

So, all that’s really necessary here is a couple of Apache’s and a couple of M1 Abrams. And a few troops to clean up the mess afterward.

By: ajmontana

ajmontana — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:41:47 +0000

I’m somewhat skeptical about the 400 number, we have satalite imagery 24/7 in that region and I find it hard to see us missing that amount of activity going unnoticed. Then again you can put my knowledge of mil. ops in a thumbnail.