Pakistani military leaders are warning the United States to keep their troops on the Afghan side of the border, with officials cautioning that the long-standing anti-terror alliance between the two countries would be ended formally if the United States invades.
US military officials are said to be pushing not only for permission to launch raids into Pakistan’s tribal areas, but are hoping to increase the rate so much as to make such raids a “routine” part of the Afghan War.
NATO, for its part, is denying that it has any plans to approve the attacks, but the Times of London reported that US officials believe they are very close to getting the go ahead for the raid.
The US has launched a handful of cross-border raids over the past several years, most recently in September when they killed 60 “suspects” just across the border. That raid led Pakistan to close the border to NATO supplies and sparked a major rift in relations. One can only imagine how much damage would be done if such raids become as common as drone strikes.
worst president ever!
sorry george don't even get that honor…
The only consistancy in American policy and actions in that part of the world is to create more enemies and hatred, while losing the respect of what friends we still have in the rest of the world.
BS, meant for domestic consumption, they is trained by Evil Empire and loyal dogs to their masters.
All we need now is another ground war in Pakistan. Boy, will that ever make us lots of friends, Way to go industrial complex and military,
Americans and the politics is based on to create hatred for them, may be american public loves as it shows aftermath of 9/11.
Pakistan is also victim of american and NATO hegomony and the main victim after Afghanistan and Irak. US has destroyed infra structure of Irak which had the best infra structure in the middle east and Afghanistan they made Tora-Bora and Pakistan centre of new conspiracies which will result in the end in new emeny as they are already enemy of pakistan but that will be then translated to the public and will risk 200000 americans in afghanistan.
Once Pakistan politics decide to support afghans americans will be no where.
I'm pretty sure they cross the border for quite some time whenver they want.
Don't we know from Yemen, that some corrupt politicians will call those strikes where from the pak army. Politicians do and say whatever, if they are just paid the right amount.
im sure you've had a parent or teacher tell you before, that there are things you can do in life on condition that you don't say that your doing them.
So that explains the recent presentation of Musharraf out from his gilded cage… who would’ve figured something was up?
I'm skeptical that Pakistan would do much if the U.S. decided it needed to do regular cross-border raids. If nothing else, Wikileaks revealed the duplicity of governments like Pakistan blustering against U.S. misbehavior for public consumption, then quietly aiding and abetting Uncle Sam to keep his generous aid flowing into their bank accounts. At some point, a few of Pakistan's unpopular politicians may be dumped (or assassinated) due to man-in-the-street disgust with their corruption, but who's there to pick up the pieces?– the generals, who are very good at playing both ends against the middle. More of the same old, same old.
Now I would love to invite again Albert Einstein into this screwed up world to establish some new measurement equation so that we can mearsure the length of US OF E(empire) STUPIDITY.
Yeah you got that right American boots on Pakistan soil.Well for a taste I think they should try it as if they have learnt nothing from Iraq and Afghanisatn Fiasco.
WAKE THE HELL UP SHAM-ARICANS……WAKE UP.
If Obomba is so gutless and complicit with the ruling-elite's corporate/financial/militarist EMPIRE that now IS the US government, that he signs off on opening a war front in Pakistan, then all hell (literally) will break loose.
The idea of US troops invading Pakistan to 'catch' Taliban fighters, as clearly described in this NYT article, is absolutely insane — and will start WWIII.
http://www­.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/world/asia/21intel.html
http://www­.wsws.org/articles/2010/dec2010/paki-d22.shtml
Although I must be insane myself for thinking that posting this in Huffington will do any friggin good. I might as well raise the alarm with the FOXy team, or Glenn Beck himself.
God save us all,
Alan MacDonald
Sanford, Maine
air and sea are OK but keep your muddy feet off the carpets
In the reality, that will be the most desired next move of the GRINGOS (USA)in order to be very close to their nuclear weapon (of Pakistan) and in the eventual break out war they will take control of their nukes!
I doubt there is a single Pakistani Government Minister that has not been bought by the US, so their verbal complaints about US violations are only targeting their population.
What is interesting to me is how long can Pakistan's Government afford to keep ignoring the interests of its own people, and how long will Militant Organizations supported by this Government against India avoid a confrontation with the US. As it is obvious India is not attacking Pakistani villagers like the US Military's Unmanned Aircraft. At some point the Militants created by the Pakistani Government may decide to turn their "struggle" against India into a "struggle" against the US(and it should not be forgotten that Pakistan has a huge population).