Previous attempts to shrug off the closure of the Pakistani border to war materiel seem to be crumbling, as a new Pentagon report warns that Pakistan’s refusal to let NATO use it for supplying its occupation is a “strategic concern.”
The report goes on to say that “thousands of tons” of military equipment, including weapons and vehicles, are “stranded” on the Pakistani side of the border, and that the Afghan military is facing “increasing shortages” because of this.
Pakistan closed the border on November 26, when US warplanes attacked a pair of Pakistani military bases. The border remains closed, and Pakistan’s parliament has conditioned its opening on a pledge from the US to stop attacking targets inside Pakistan, including ending its drone strikes.
The White House has ruled out ending the drone strikes, insisting they will continue no matter what, but did say that it is “considering” an apology for killing 24 Pakistani soldiers in the November attack.
"Pentagon: Tons of Weapons Stuck in Pakistan"
More like were stuck…. Most of them, probably are stuck no longer……. But liberated…!!!!! Think a load of I-Pods on a truck "stuck" in the streets of Brooklyn……… or WORSE….. Few Taliban in Brooklyn…
You make a good point, MvGuy – just how do they protect the contents of all those trucks? Perhaps the Pakistan military is saving it all for themselves at a future date. Or perhaps when the trucks do begin moving, in either direction, there will be little left to move.
Axis of Evil…The realones! … US and Israel.
Inventing : Preemptive strike, preventive wars, preemtive killing, preemptive assacinations etc..
. One driven by dying empire totally bancropt disregarding internacional laws and norms, other inventing "God" like some kind of Realestate agent with ongoing theft of land no seen in modern history….Unbelivable arrogance by both these "colonist regimes"
Peter czech
Maybe some new taxes or a few billions of new Treasury notes will fix this. Just think of the beneficial effects on the American manufacturing base. And the new supplies could be delivered by warship; Leon has lots of those and I am sure he is thinking along this line.
Yup. As I write this, the USS Supply has sailed from Denver on its way to the port of Kandahar.
If Pakistani officials have the balls, and it's a big IF, they'll stick to their demand to save lives.
Perhaps Imram Khan has forced them to grow a pair.
A non-heartfelt and insincere "apology" from the US will not bring those 24 lives back.
The Pakistanis could do several things to teach NATO a lesson:
1. Continue to keep the border closed, keeping the occupiers supply line frozen indefinately;
2. Destroy NATO war material inside their borders.
3. Press for return of NATO pilots who killed the 24 Pakistanis, for prosecution inside Pakistan.
4. Continue to insist on cessation of drone attacks inside Pakistan
Gee…wonder how prey tell they ever got there. Let's ask Raymond Davis, maybe he knows.