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On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:05:38 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:13:28 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:41:22 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Right, but they don't harbor bin laden and there are negotiations underway
to bring them into the political framework (basically we get out, they
don't
harbor terrorists is the gist of it).

What? Bin Laden has been in Pakistan for bout 9 years. Somebody there
is harboring him. Islamabad has about as much control in that area as
Kabul. You really need a GPS to tell the difference between Pakistan
and Afghanistan down there anyway.

And your point? We went in to get bin laden. We would have settled this
without a war if the Taliban had turned him over. They didn't.

... so we are going to kill men, women and children until they do.

No wonder they hate us there.

who gives a **** if they hate us. if they leave us alone that's
enough.

Pakistan could deal with it if they really wanted to, but they have their
own political problems. And, as you said, we don't want to destabilize that
gov't any more than necessary.

It is not clear Islamabad has any more influence in those mountains
than we do. They are shaky enough that they could lose that fight. If
they do, we all lose

where do you think the pakistani taliban get their money and arms
from? the pakistan ISI.