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Posted: 12/14/2003 12:16:15 PM EDT
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There was a big split in AQ whether to try to take over Pakistan and gain control of their nukes before staging attacks on the US. UBL thought otherwise and 9-11 went down with Musharraf still in charge of Pakistan. Life would have been a lot harder during OEF without Pakistan's cooperation with overflight, logistic staging, etc.
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Posted: 12/14/2003 12:34:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: There was a big split in AQ whether to try to take over Pakistan and gain control of their nukes before staging attacks on the US. UBL thought otherwise and 9-11 went down with Musharraf still in charge of Pakistan. Life would have been a lot harder during OEF without Pakistan's cooperation with overflight, logistic staging, etc. Would it? We would then of had a excuse to take what we wanted from Pakistan by force, with the help no doubt of India. It might of delayed action on Iraq though because the troops used there would have first been used in Pakistan, but it would have been easier technically than trying to run Afghanistan through a shoestring supply line. |
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Posted: 12/14/2003 4:26:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: Would it? We would then of had a excuse to take what we wanted from Pakistan by force, with the help no doubt of India. It might of delayed action on Iraq though because the troops used there would have first been used in Pakistan, but it would have been easier technically than trying to run Afghanistan through a shoestring supply line. Pakistan isn't Iraq or Afghanistan. It is a country of 150,000,000 that has an estimated 20 nukes. That's 6 times as many people as Iraq. India isn't going to be real interested in getting in a real shooting war with them on our behalf. AQ in charge of a nuclear armed Pakistan definitely changes the equation. |
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