Spring Offensive Planned
Thousands of U.S. forces would be involved, as well as Pakistani troops, planners said. Some of the 10,600 U.S. troops now in Afghanistan would be shifted to the border region as part of regular troop movements; some would be deployed within Pakistan.
"Before we were constrained by the border. Musharraf did not want that. Now we are told we're going into Pakistan with Musharraf's help," a well-placed military source said.
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Mr. Bush may feel he needs a full scale world war to get elected this time. Of course he may think he can pick Osama up as easily as he did Saddam. But Saddam was handed over by the Kurds. But there is nobody, nobody I know of, in Afghanistan or Pakistan remotely analagous to the Kurds.
This may be the main reason Musharraf is so willing to bury the hatchet with Mother India.
"Before we were constrained by the border. Musharraf did not want that. Now we are told we're going into Pakistan with Musharraf's help," a well-placed military source said.
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Mr. Bush may feel he needs a full scale world war to get elected this time. Of course he may think he can pick Osama up as easily as he did Saddam. But Saddam was handed over by the Kurds. But there is nobody, nobody I know of, in Afghanistan or Pakistan remotely analagous to the Kurds.
This may be the main reason Musharraf is so willing to bury the hatchet with Mother India.
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Full scale civil war in Pakistan?.. eck eck eck eck eck....
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What's next, Mr. Fucking Brilliant Bushy Baby? Decide that Osama has fled to Taiwan, and we need to "marshall forces with or without the assent of China"?
... I feel like I'm going to cry. Seriously. This is frightening me far more than the useless slaughter waste of our involvement in the Mid. East. fuck.
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Honestly, though, I don't think Mr. Bush needs a new war to be re-elected.
No, he does...
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Political pundit, are you?
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It's my opinion, just like your opinion is yours, and I'm sure they are of equal worth.
My opinion is based on the fact that Dean doesn't have broad appeal; furthermore, after the nomination, both parties run hard to the center, and if Dean does that (which I'm not sure he can) then he will lose his base, such as it is.
Wrong about that, too...
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But then, I'm a Libertarian, so I lose either way.