June 11, 2008
IF THEY DID THEIR JOBS WE WOULDN'T BE THERE:
Pakistani army says U.S.-led coalition airstrike killed 11 Pakistani troops (The Associated Press, June 11, 2008)
Pakistan's army today accused the U.S.-led coalition of killing 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops in an airstrike along the volatile Afghan border.The strike late Tuesday followed a reported clash between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in the same area. The Taliban said that eight of its fighters died in the skirmish.
A Pakistan army statement said the incident late Tuesday in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region "had hit at the very basis of cooperation" between the two countries in the war on terror.
It would seem more likely that the threat we present to Pakistani forces is the only reason they will co-operate. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 11, 2008 10:59 AM
So you're saying that Americans come to Pakistan to do the jobs that the Pakistanis won't do?
Posted by: Ibid at June 11, 2008 5:44 PMEven better, we sit at laptops and do the job there.
Posted by: oj at June 11, 2008 8:39 PMNow that's rich.
The Pakistanis are caught between the devil and the US Air Force. It's ironic that their best hope is Barack Obama, who would probably genuflect before the tribal leaders in Waziristan (unless we take him at his word that he will invade Pakistan).
Posted by: ratbert at June 11, 2008 9:56 PM