looks like Bush is pulling a McCain and emulating Obama.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Sweet, go right ahead Mr. Karzai. Let us know if you might, you know, need some help with these operations

subby:In another encouraging sign that Afghanistan's government is getting stronger, they're preparing to invade Pakistan. This should end well.U.S. preparing to invade Pakistan

/FTFY

Why is this posted to Business?

AlanSmithee: Why is this posted to Business?

Because more war is good for business?

/Have to spend our stimulus checks on something.

AlanSmithee: Why is this posted to Business?

Fixed.

Someone needs to tell them that Pakistan has nukes before they get their rubble vaporized.

/rubble rubble rubble

if your dog comes into my yard and bites me over and over again, I'm damn sure coming over to get him when I find a rock.

The US certainly felt the right to go into other countries to "defend us and the world" from "serious threat", so why can't Afghanistan?

Pakistan has the bomb, right?

Afghanistan is going to so get told.

Little ass countries with no real power (new window) make statements like this all the time. Politics isn't always about reality.

I'll never stop laughing if Afghanistan ends up capturing Osama Bin Laden instead of us.

detritus: I'll never stop laughing if Afghanistan ends up capturing Osama Bin Laden instead of us.

I'll be pissed as all hell because plenty of our good soldiers died to do exactly that.

I was actually proud of our work in Afghanistan until... the Afghans arrested a journalism student for insulting islam, convicted him, and sentenced him to death. If that's the kind of freedom we brought to Afghanistan, we might as well have not bothered in the first place and let the bastards rot in their own filth and hate and backward ignorance. :)

the_chief: I was actually proud of our work in Afghanistan until... the Afghans arrested a journalism student for insulting islam, convicted him, and sentenced him to death. If that's the kind of freedom we brought to Afghanistan, we might as well have not bothered in the first place and let the bastards rot in their own filth and hate and backward ignorance. :)

Mission accomplished.

Rodeodoc: the_chief: I was actually proud of our work in Afghanistan until... the Afghans arrested a journalism student for insulting islam, convicted him, and sentenced him to death. If that's the kind of freedom we brought to Afghanistan, we might as well have not bothered in the first place and let the bastards rot in their own filth and hate and backward ignorance. :)

Mission accomplished.

ah. Where timely and accurate humor meets the sad and disgusting truth.

It's why FARK exists.

studebaker hoch: Pakistan has the bomb, right?

Afghanistan is going to so get told.

Unlikely, because the US and NATO seem to be with them on this one. And rightfully so; it's just not acceptable for militants to be able to cross over from Pakistan, launch attacks and be able to return without repercussion. Karzai's dead right on this one.

EsteeFlwrPot: I'll be pissed as all hell because plenty of our good soldiers died to do exactly that.

what if it's afghan soldiers trained by our soldiers?

I thought they were having the Americans bomb our soldiers like they did earlier this week?

Let's hope Osama gets killed in the gang banger crossfire.

captain_napalm: if your dog comes into my yard and bites me over and over again, I'm damn sure coming over to get him when I find a rock.

Or you could just quit wearing your god damned venison pants out in your yard. Of course the dog is going to want a bite.

As an American soldier who's spent the last fifteen months in this lovely country of Afghanistan, I am getting a kick out of these replies.

Oh, and Alybaba, you might want to take a very close look at what your border security is up to, exactly.

alybaba: I thought they were having the Americans bomb our soldiers like they did earlier this week?

Yeah, that was pretty farking terrible. But then again, we've got thousands of troops just sitting around in an area crawling with militants not doing much of anything (now that we've apparently inked a new "deal" with Mehsud"), so I wouldn't say that our own government is entirely blameless in this matter either.

captain_napalm: what if it's afghan soldiers trained by our soldiers?

Well thats ok then. Is that the situation? Do I have Fail?

"it's just not acceptable for militants to be able to cross over from Pakistan"

Since they're attacking Afghanistan...a fundamentalist Muslim nation...they're not militants, they're freedom fighters.

/Ya, I went there
//anyone else having flashbacks to the '80s?

Would even George W. Bush be stupid enough to attack Iran Pakistan? Even having ask that question gives me a bad feeling.

studebaker hoch: Pakistan has the bomb, right?

Afghanistan is going to so get told.

Yes, Pakistan does indeed have the bomb, a fact that has resulted in the browning of many a pair of trousers worldwide.

The Beacon Man: FTFA: Hamid Karzai, yesterday threatened to attack Taliban insurgents on Pakistani soil, saying his war-torn country had a right to do so out of "self-defence".


He is 100% correct. Enough is enough.

Yes, yes, the right of self defense is correct in theory. But. let's try to be realistic for once. Karzai's own personal security is provided by Americans. There are thousands of US and NATO troops in Afganistan because Karzai's government can't handle the Taliban within the country. Warlords or Taliban really control the countryside, not Karzai. So just how is Karzai going to attack anything inside Pakistan?

which is which???

EsteeFlwrPot: captain_napalm: what if it's afghan soldiers trained by our soldiers?

Well thats ok then. Is that the situation? Do I have Fail?

not necessarily - but the argument could be made that, without our prior asistance, they wouldn't even be in a position to pursue him on their own.

ShawnDoc: Or you could just quit wearing your god damned venison pants out in your yard. Of course the dog is going to want a bite.

if I hadn't registered my name so long ago, I'd be re-registering right now as venison pants.

Hmm, do I? Don't I?

Nope, no place for truth and understanding here. Read a guy named Gwynne Dyer folks, he has been telling it like it is for many years, and "The Mess They Made" is the single most researched, supported and realistic version of the mistakes, the plans gone wrong and the likely results of these sorts of uber words, with the likely and probable results of the actions in the real world. Not all the answers, and not all the reasons, but more than the average attention spans worth of facts and results.

When the US leaves Iraq, this entire section of the globe is going to resettle like a 3D Tetris game gone sideways, and the rubble is going to affect a large portion of humanity for a very long time to come. Including you and me. Like that or not.

/and no, I don't like it
//forewarned is forearmed
///the mess we ALL make

captain_napalm: if your dog comes into my yard and bites me over and over again, I'm damn sure coming over to get him when I find a rock.

Bush's advice: to find a rock, look next to a ran.

Pakistan is well-known in the international community as harboring terrorists and Islamic fascists. Pakistan has launched untold number of cross-border terrorists acts in India.

Danger Avoid Death: Bush's advice: to find a rock, look next to a ran.

LMAO! I hard to read it a second time to get the Iran reference...

Bucky Katt: Would even George W. Bush be stupid enough to attack Iran Pakistan? Even having ask that question gives me a bad feeling.

Just so we're clear, launching strikes against militants based inside Pakistan != "attacking" Pakistan.

Danger Avoid Death: Bush's advice: to find a rock, look next to a ran.

thirty years from now, the usual suspect liberal pussies will e claiming they supported him.

captain_napalm: "if your dog comes into my yard and bites me over and over again, I'm damn sure coming over to get him when I find a rock."

Yeah. Unless your neighbor is sitting on his front porch cleaning his guns. Then you should probably think twice.

captain_napalm: Danger Avoid Death: Bush's advice: to find a rock, look next to a ran.

thirty years from now, the usual suspect liberal pussies will e claiming they supported him.

We'll just put them in a lineup and have them say "Gimme the keys, you cacksucker."

Excellent. Excellent. Having the USA and its Afghan proxy do India's goal of destroying terror-central, ie., Pakistan.

PunGent: "it's just not acceptable for militants to be able to cross over from Pakistan"

Since they're attacking Afghanistan...a fundamentalist Muslim nation...they're not militants, they're freedom fighters.

/Ya, I went there
//anyone else having flashbacks to the '80s?

The difference being, of course, that these militants aren't attacking a "fundamentalist Muslim" nation. They're just taking pot shots at Afghan and NATO troops.

PunGent: /Ya, I went there
//anyone else having flashbacks to the '80s?

I see...spandex...a thousand points of light...enormous hair...the miraculous Popiel Pocket Fisherman...

The Taliban/Warlord/Al Qaeda elements are not freedom fighters if the regular Afghan people are not clamoring for their return.

JETSOLVER:

When the US leaves Iraq, this entire section of the globe is going to resettle like a 3D Tetris game gone sideways, and the rubble is going to affect a large portion of humanity for a very long time to come. Including you and me. Like that or not.




Alea iacta est

Biological Ali: studebaker hoch: Pakistan has the bomb, right?

Afghanistan is going to so get told.

Unlikely, because the US and NATO seem to be with them on this one. And rightfully so; it's just not acceptable for militants to be able to cross over from Pakistan, launch attacks and be able to return without repercussion. Karzai's dead right on this one.

This would be a great time for Turkey to finally bust into northern Iraq. Perfect makings for WWIII.

General_Failure: As an American soldier who's spent the last fifteen months in this lovely country of Afghanistan, I am getting a kick out of these replies.

Oh, and Alybaba, you might want to take a very close look at what your border security is up to, exactly.

Pakistani intelligence is definitely colluding with the Taliban, that's always been a given. I've always thought it was a stupid and short-sighted policy, but it's based on the premise that the Americans will leave Afghanistan to collapse leaving an opportunity to fill in the power vacuum once again, which isn't exactly improbable seeing how the war has been handled so far.

Regardless, the Americans should just be more careful about collateral damage, especially since public opinion has been turning away from the Taliban in Pakistan, which is the really crucial battle in the War on Terror.

Biological Ali: Bucky Katt: Would even George W. Bush be stupid enough to attack Iran Pakistan? Even having ask that question gives me a bad feeling.

Just so we're clear, launching strikes against militants based inside Pakistan != "attacking" Pakistan.

so violating a sovereign country's borders is not attacking said country. gotcha.

Yay, the last days of rome all over again.

alybaba: General_Failure: As an American soldier who's spent the last fifteen months in this lovely country of Afghanistan, I am getting a kick out of these replies.

Oh, and Alybaba, you might want to take a very close look at what your border security is up to, exactly.

Pakistani intelligence is definitely colluding with the Taliban, that's always been a given. I've always thought it was a stupid and short-sighted policy, but it's based on the premise that the Americans will leave Afghanistan to collapse leaving an opportunity to fill in the power vacuum once again, which isn't exactly improbable seeing how the war has been handled so far.

Regardless, the Americans should just be more careful about collateral damage, especially since public opinion has been turning away from the Taliban in Pakistan, which is the really crucial battle in the War on Terror.

I was not particularly pleased with what I heard (new window) in this interview.

Afghanistan seemed like a place to fix something. But I'm not optimistic of late.

Think about this. What if the Afgan Govt. signs a defense pact with Inda. There goes the nuke option for the Pakis. Packistan is one of the most radical sources of Islam that exists. The government does not control the areas that the radicals are launching attacks from. It is also where OBL is most likey to be.

I also noted how Afganistan said how many people have tried to invade and they failed.

This might get interesting in a good way.