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In all fairness, wouldn't the USA be pissed if Pakistan sent a few of their...
- Thread starter Thorcorn™
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...Military guys here to kill someone? without informing us. Then turn around and say - "Oh, well they were prepared to fight off American troops if the need had arised." In fact, I think it would have been cool if the Media hadn't came out with the story that the SeALs were prepared to fight their way out of Pakistan. It's just the way they done it. And if America suspected Pakistan of harboring Bin Laden, then Obama should have came out and said it. Don't say - "Oh, well Pakistan has been a major help in fighting terrorist." That sounds like some shady sh**.
Harriet Wifflebeans
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Yes you're right. And this would be an issue if we had Pakistani Assassins in US jails but we don't and US assassins aren't in Pakistani jails either. So what is your issue?
Pakistan was a US ally in the war on terrorism. Pakistan was being paid millions of dollars for this cooperation but they weren't fulfilling this obligation. Pakistani intelligence either did not care or did not pick up on the fact that OBL was hiding right under their nose. So the US had to do something if it wanted to get OBL.
If the US alerted Pakistan OBL might have escaped as he did in Tora Bora. So what was the US to do? Let him go? Wait for Pakistan to go after him? Even Benazir Bhuto said Pakistan was infiltrated by terrorists. The US had no choice. It was one of those choices when we had to do bad to do good.
Sometimes life doesn't fit into comfortable, logical, predictable little boxes. Sometimes we have to think outside the box.
Pakistan was a US ally in the war on terrorism. Pakistan was being paid millions of dollars for this cooperation but they weren't fulfilling this obligation. Pakistani intelligence either did not care or did not pick up on the fact that OBL was hiding right under their nose. So the US had to do something if it wanted to get OBL.
If the US alerted Pakistan OBL might have escaped as he did in Tora Bora. So what was the US to do? Let him go? Wait for Pakistan to go after him? Even Benazir Bhuto said Pakistan was infiltrated by terrorists. The US had no choice. It was one of those choices when we had to do bad to do good.
Sometimes life doesn't fit into comfortable, logical, predictable little boxes. Sometimes we have to think outside the box.
Higgs Boatswain
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What if we Brits sent some SAS troops over to take out a couple of the GOP lawmakers who were sending money to the IRA back in the 90s? I don't think the American government would be terribly happy about that.
(By "take out" I mean kill, not take out to dinner and a movie. And then maybe cocktails and dancing till late. And then coffee back at theirs. Yeah, Peter King (R-NY), you know what I'm talkin' about.)
(By "take out" I mean kill, not take out to dinner and a movie. And then maybe cocktails and dancing till late. And then coffee back at theirs. Yeah, Peter King (R-NY), you know what I'm talkin' about.)
Christopher
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"In all fairness", we wouldn't knowingly, KNOWINGLY! harbor a worldwide terrorist.
On the contrary, most Americans would be delighted if the person the Pakistanis came to kill was a psychopathic murderer like Osama was. It's best for the world as a whole when scumbags like Bin Laden have received their just reward.
I'm sure if Pakistan had been told before hand Osama would have been alerted thus making another escape.
I'm sure if Pakistan had been told before hand Osama would have been alerted thus making another escape.