Spring Offensive Planned

[arisbe]

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.

Spotted by mrdankelly

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.

Comments

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

Fucking WONDERFUL.

Full scale civil war in Pakistan?.. eck eck eck eck eck....

[elynne.livejournal.com]

... okay, i was wrong. We may not survive the next couple of years after all. THESE PEOPLE HAVE NUKES, and they HATE EACH OTHER, and they AREN'T AFRAID TO USE THEM.

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.

[prester-scott.livejournal.com]

For some reason, this just brought 2 Samuel 11:1 to mind. "And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle..." (And of course the Jewish year begins in the springtime.)

Honestly, though, I don't think Mr. Bush needs a new war to be re-elected.