Wednesday, July 4, 2012

A Blunt Assessment On The U.S. - Pakistan Agreement To Re-Open The Supply Lines


Pakistan To U.S.: You Bet You’re Sorry. Now Get Out. -- DoD Buzz

he Obama administration’s internal deliberations over whether to apologize to Pakistan will make a fascinating chapter in a future Bob Woodward book.

On one side, we’ll probably hear from the members of the Defense Department camp who say: This is stupid. We had nothing to apologize for. The Pakistanis opened fire on our guys well inside the Afghan border, our aircraft did several low passes to dissuade their attack and they kept it up, so we were well within our rights to defend ourselves.

On the other side, we’ll probably hear from the White House and State Department camp saying: “Who cares? We just wanted Afghanistan to be over.” That is the side that finally won out.

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Update: NATO Afghan Supply Convoys Resume -- Voice of America

My Comment: I would have changed the DoD Buzz headline to .... You Bet You’re Sorry. Now Give Us Our Money And Get Out.

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