COUNTDOWN TO PAKISTAN

[mburbank]

The United States appears to be gearing up for some sort of major military operation in Pakistan.

I assume this is with Musharifs knowledge and permission, and seeing as Al Quaeda has tried to kill him twice, I can hardly say I'm surprised.

My question: What strategic value is there in leaking this to the press? Surely we intend Al Quaeda to know about this, the sources for the article are all military (Though unamed) . Is this some sort of bizarre bluff? If so, why? If not, why give them advance warning?

Is it perhaps some sort of test balloon to see what Pakistans reaction is, both official and unofficial, to the US military conducting war operations inside Pakistan? Is it a really great idea to do this sort of cage rattling with a country precariously controlled by it's own military?

I think it's very much in our interests to keep Musharif alive, but what's all this screwing around supposed to do? Pakistan actually HAS WMD, fucking around might not end up being as amusing as Iraq has been.

[Buffalo Tom]

I don't see how they're going to pull this off, given the hostility of the populace towards Mushareff's cooperation with the West on anti-terrrorism operations, and the large number of elements in the Pakistani military and intelligence communities who are sympathetic to the cause of Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda must be getting help from someone high up in the Pakistani regime, if reports are accurate that they have regrouped in Pakistan near the Afghan border.

[CastroMotorOil]

hooray for destabilization in war torn nuclear arms weilding countries!

[Abcdxxxx]

You sure make a lot of Countdown to war posts. War monger.

[Perndog]

I thought Libya was next on the list. Hmm.

[Abcdxxxx]

Libya's playing nice. We crushed our opponent with our mental savy, super diplomacy, and extra thick Texas BBQ sauce.

Syria's next if we can prove the WMD are ther. Iran's next if we can prove all those kids looking at satelite porn need to be rescued. Pakistam might be next. Wait who said there has to be a next? The last two haven't been stablized yet.

[ScruU2wice]

whatever happened to the axis of evil :lol

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Wait who said there has to be a next? The last two haven't been stablized yet.

We need a trilogy.

[The_Rorschach]

Then a prequel to justify the trilogy.

[camacazio]

whatever happened to the axis of evil :lol
1/3 is still pointing nuclear warheads at us threatening to fire. It's not a threat though.