Will the NATO (US) bombing killing 24 Pakistani soldiers be trouble?

[upi402]

NATO (actually the USA) just bombed 2 checkpoints inside Pakistan. We apologized for the last one, and have already given condolences for this one. But I'm thinking this just poured gas on the smoldering fire.

So we lose the logistical overland support for 30% of our Afghan war supplies. Will it be enough to end the war? Or did the military industrial complex just tell the Pakistanis, "you're next"?

[SidDithers]

1. self-delete...

Thanks for making the change :thumbsup:

Sid

[upi402]

7. Thanks n/t

[kenny blankenship]

2. Hey now. We *said* we were sorry

What do they want from us?

[FarCenter]

3. Pakistan asks US to vacate Shamsi airbase within 15 days

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday ordered the United States to vacate a controversial airbase within 15 days and closed Nato supply lines into Afghanistan permanently in response to a deadly cross-border Nato air strike.

The order refers to Shamsi, the remote desert outpost in southwest Pakistan reportedly used as a hub for covert CIA drone strikes, which Pakistan previously told the United States to leave in June.

Pakistan would also review all its diplomatic, military and intelligence activities with US and Nato.

The decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of senior cabinet ministers and military service chiefs chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, his office said.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/26/pakistan-asks-us-to-vacate-shamsi-airbase-within-15-days.html

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Throwing out the CIA's drone airbase and permanently shutting down overland transport into Afghanistan from Pakistan would be a pretty big deal.

[frebrd]

4. It sure as hell was trouble.......

for the guys who got killed!

[FarCenter]

5. Reportedly, two of the dead are officers with the rank of Major

Which may raise the importance of the outposts.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Let's hope it's troublesome enough to stop the farce of a lost war fought for PR.