Saturday, January 16, 2010

Where Are America's Enemies?


Rugged North Waziristan Harbors US Enemies -- Washington Post

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- They rumble through the narrow snow-clogged mountain passes in black pickup trucks. In the back, eight to ten men armed with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenades huddle together against the cold.

These Islamic militants are on their way to Afghanistan to kill Americans and their allies. Their launching point: Pakistan's North Waziristan district- a lawless border area that has become the nerve center of the insurgency in nearby Afghanistan.

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My Comment: US options in this region are limited. With the exception of secret ops and drone missile strikes, there is very little (if anything) that the US can do. If this battle ... and ultimately the war .... is to succeed, Pakistani military forces must enter and engage the enemy on their soil. But for the moment, no one in the Pakistani Government or military have any interest to get into this fight.

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