Bush to invake Pakistan!Follow

Relax folks. There isn't going to be a war over this.

It's face savings on both sides. The US forces, if they see activity on the other side of the border, will go in without first getting permission. The Pakistani government will condemn this. Both sides get what they want.

If they have to get permission, then that means that the Pakistani government has to give it. Which has political ramifications for them. It's much easier if they nod and wink at the US forces privately while wagging their fingers at them publicly. Magically, of course, there wont be any actual Pakistani troops involved in any of the locations involved...

Much ado about nothing really.

In the region we're talking about? Not really. It's their sovereign territory on paper and on a map, but the central Pakistan government has very little control or influence there. They have to make the claim that it's their territory, but they have never been able to police it much less enforce their laws there.

If they can get the US to take all the risk while officially wagging their fingers at them in order to calm their own citizens and retain their official sovereign claim to the area, it ends out being a win/win for them all the way around.

Which is why you threw a princess's tizzy when Obama said it and declared how it proven him naive

Start your backpedalling!

September 15, 2008 Officials: Pakistani Troops Fired on US Helicopters Trying to Cross Border


Link.

All going to plan there then.

The Ari solution to all this:

America takes a batch of nice motivated special ops people, and tells them they are selected for a mission for their country. They then fire the special ops boysngirls, and hire them on as police with the usual wage and benefits, and any bonuses as needed.

They equip their shiny new police officers with search and rescue police equipment for rugged terrain, and the police version of SWAT firepower.

They go to the Pakistani government with arrest warrants, and ask for Extradition Orders, and permission for police officers to enter the country to execute the arrest warrants. They also ask for permission for their police officers to investigate and arrest people of interest who seem to be in cahoots with the people that they have arrest warrants for. They promise the American police in Pakistan will work in liaison with the Pakistani police department, and give them reports and documents and so forth.

The American police sent to Pakistan this way to arrest these particular guys are sent with a couple of "Real" police to set an example and tell the new nice police officers how nice police officers behave to civilians and criminals. The American police sent to Pakistan accept Pakistan police along with them, or any other Pakistan "police" sent along with them.

Later on, these nice American police officers can be awarded civilian Honours, public recognition and medals, as might be appropriate for bravery and community service and so forth. Sadly, later, they might want to resign from the police force, and maybe go back to the army that they miss. Or maybe not. Maybe they'd like to go through full police training, and stay.

Edited, Sep 17th 2008 2:24am by Aripyanfar

The Paki government has little control in the western regions of the country bordering Afganistan. There is real concern that should Muslim extremists make political or forcible military gains over there the nuclear weapons Pakistan holds could end up in the hands of some very dangerous people.

The Paki gov intuitively understands this and thus tacitly allows US forces operate in those uncontrolled regions along the Afgan-Paki border, which serves multiple purposes for all three countries.

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