Comments on: They’re In Control http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:52:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7441 macaquerman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:17:54 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7441 <p>I thought I was joking.<br /> But I see your point. Maybe the Swat Valley while be the same as Idaho.</p> I thought I was joking.
But I see your point. Maybe the Swat Valley while be the same as Idaho.

]]> By: Kilo http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7431 Kilo Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:15:33 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7431 <p>I have been wondering that myself. Whether the SIGINT spooks are playing a larger role than we know about in these operations. You can do quite a lot once you have a dedicated target.</p> <p>9/11 was 7 years and a hell of a different time ago for the Taliban et al. They’re now fighting a full scale war on one front and running a not insignificant insurgency on the other. I’d find it hard to believe they’re doing all that with absolute communications discipline.</p> <p>A lot of the guys in charge have been in charge since the 80s and 90s. I’m wondering if that’s not an accident. Whether cutting off the head and having to deal with the scattered, decentralised, self-forming cells that result is really a desirable alternative.</p> I have been wondering that myself. Whether the SIGINT spooks are playing a larger role than we know about in these operations. You can do quite a lot once you have a dedicated target.

9/11 was 7 years and a hell of a different time ago for the Taliban et al. They’re now fighting a full scale war on one front and running a not insignificant insurgency on the other. I’d find it hard to believe they’re doing all that with absolute communications discipline.

A lot of the guys in charge have been in charge since the 80s and 90s. I’m wondering if that’s not an accident. Whether cutting off the head and having to deal with the scattered, decentralised, self-forming cells that result is really a desirable alternative.

]]> By: whataretheysmoking http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7422 whataretheysmoking Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:45:50 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7422 <p>that was a spoof by comedian andy borowitz.</p> that was a spoof by comedian andy borowitz.

]]> By: whataretheysmoking http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7421 whataretheysmoking Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:41:08 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7421 <p>stop giving them money for nothing. that would be a good start.</p> stop giving them money for nothing. that would be a good start.

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7418 macaquerman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:44:14 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7418 <p>bin Laden had most of his money invested with Madoff.</p> bin Laden had most of his money invested with Madoff.

]]> By: stryx http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7417 stryx Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:58:16 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7417 <p>Let’s see, that would be about 10 days after Osama bin Laden’s financial advisor A.Q. Khan was freed from “house arrest.”</p> <p>Funny how these things happen.</p> Let’s see, that would be about 10 days after Osama bin Laden’s financial advisor A.Q. Khan was freed from “house arrest.”

Funny how these things happen.

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7416 macaquerman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:48:31 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7416 <p>How?</p> How?

]]> By: whataretheysmoking http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7415 whataretheysmoking Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:42:05 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7415 <p>the solution is to purge the pakistani military of those who support the taliban. also, stop their supply of funding</p> <p>- from saudi arabia<br /> - from the opium trade<br /> -from the ‘taxes’ that the taliban collect in all the territories under their control</p> the solution is to purge the pakistani military of those who support the taliban. also, stop their supply of funding

- from saudi arabia
- from the opium trade
-from the ‘taxes’ that the taliban collect in all the territories under their control

]]> By: whataretheysmoking http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7414 whataretheysmoking Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:39:25 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7414 <p>i don’t believe he’s doing all he can. who supported the formation of the taliban? it happened during his wife’s reign as prime minister. the army officers who helped set them up are still around.</p> i don’t believe he’s doing all he can. who supported the formation of the taliban? it happened during his wife’s reign as prime minister. the army officers who helped set them up are still around.

]]> By: james http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/comment-page-1/#comment-7407 james Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:01:59 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/02/17/swatvalleyhighintrouble/#comment-7407 <p>We don’t belong in any of the places Americans are currently losing their lives. History tells us that no matter how technologically advanced an invader is the people of Afghanistan always unite and prevail to fight each other another day while the Pakistanis in the NWP are Pashstun who are ethnically tied to a group of the Afghanistan people and probably possess their innate hatred of ferangi in their country.</p> We don’t belong in any of the places Americans are currently losing their lives. History tells us that no matter how technologically advanced an invader is the people of Afghanistan always unite and prevail to fight each other another day while the Pakistanis in the NWP are Pashstun who are ethnically tied to a group of the Afghanistan people and probably possess their innate hatred of ferangi in their country.

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