http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/26/afghanistansurgeagainst/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:43:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/26/afghanistansurgeagainst/comment-page-1/#comment-1596 macaquerman Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:47:53 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/26/afghanistansurgeagainst/#comment-1596 <p>If Pakistan feels threatened by US moves to counter it’s proxy forces in Afghanistan, we should be pleased. If we can push them back into Pakistan and get a reasonable seal on the border, we can then see where the Pakistani government stands.<br /> We have much to offer Pakistan if it withdraws it’s support from the fundamentalists and adventurers. If it doesn’t, we can start by withdrawing our 25% of the Pak Army’s budget. Ir provocation into Afghanistan increases, perhaps<br /> Karzai can invite a delegation of Indian army generals in to discuss regional security concerns.</p> If Pakistan feels threatened by US moves to counter it’s proxy forces in Afghanistan, we should be pleased. If we can push them back into Pakistan and get a reasonable seal on the border, we can then see where the Pakistani government stands.
We have much to offer Pakistan if it withdraws it’s support from the fundamentalists and adventurers. If it doesn’t, we can start by withdrawing our 25% of the Pak Army’s budget. Ir provocation into Afghanistan increases, perhaps
Karzai can invite a delegation of Indian army generals in to discuss regional security concerns.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/26/afghanistansurgeagainst/comment-page-1/#comment-1593 tatere Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:22:13 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/08/26/afghanistansurgeagainst/#comment-1593 <p>Do you see a difference among kinds of increased presence? It seems that if it was more a matter of paying more attention in general - putting in more effort to civil efforts, rebuilding, all of the things we should have been doing - that’s not necessarily such a bad thing, is it? Also, my impression was that what gets civilians killed is using air power to make up for troops. Obviously I have no real knowledge about this but if putting more people there means being able to reduce the wounding and killing of civilians, that seems like a good thing too.</p> Do you see a difference among kinds of increased presence? It seems that if it was more a matter of paying more attention in general – putting in more effort to civil efforts, rebuilding, all of the things we should have been doing – that’s not necessarily such a bad thing, is it? Also, my impression was that what gets civilians killed is using air power to make up for troops. Obviously I have no real knowledge about this but if putting more people there means being able to reduce the wounding and killing of civilians, that seems like a good thing too.

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