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may3rd

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6. Nobody wants the other option

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 09:24 PM

Jun 2012

One drone does more than 5,000 boots on the ground can do.
Yes, 2,500 US troops in the 'frontier' would really upset pak credibility . Unless of course, people want to see a 'Cambodia' expansion comparison of the war at this point ?

I don't

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The talking drone..... 2on2u Jun 2012 #2

Navi Pillay is a former communist cosmicone Jun 2012 #3

A former communist AND a goody-two-shoes? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2012 #10

If we got out... cosmicone Jun 2012 #11

Silly UN. DeSwiss Jun 2012 #4

Nobody wants the other option may3rd Jun 2012 #6

Here's an alternative idea: DeSwiss Jun 2012 #7

with hindsight being 20/20. may3rd Jun 2012 #15

How about leaving Pakistan alone? Letting THEM deal with their problems? Canuckistanian Jun 2012 #8

Maybe we should get out of Syria may3rd Jun 2012 #13

Would you like to intervene militarily in Syria? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2012 #16

I guess MLK was right when he joelz Jun 2012 #5

Perhaps. But the biggest purveyor of violence in Pakistan is still Pakistan. Robb Jun 2012 #12

oh, that couldn't be true may3rd Jun 2012 #14