US talks of acting alone in Pakistan

Walter Pincus and Joby Warrick in Washington
July 27, 2007

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AdvertisementPENTAGON and State Department officials have said US special forces will enter Pakistan if they have specific intelligence about an impending terrorist strike against the US, despite warnings from Pakistan that it will not accept US troops operating independently inside its borders.

The statements on Wednesday were the clearest assertion yet of the Bush Administration's willingness to act unilaterally inside tribal areas in north-western Pakistan where al-Qaeda's commanders are believed to have taken refuge.

"If there were information or opportunity to strike a blow to protect the American people", US forces would act immediately, Peter Verga, the acting assistant secretary of defence for international security, told an unusual joint session held by the House armed services and permanent select committee on intelligence.

Nicholas Burns, the State Department's undersecretary for political affairs, told the Senate foreign relations committee: "Given the primacy of the fight against al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, if we have in the future certainty of knowledge, then of course the United States would always have the option of taking action on its own."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-talks-of-acting-alone-in-pakistan/2007/07/26/1185339167769.html

The troops may even enter Pakistan. What can Pakistan do about it?

The Busholini Regime must do something to stave off the Dem deluge in Congress. Iran attack is too risky so Pakistan will do to divert the US Corp Media away from the Dem attack on the Busholini Regime.

Consider this as well:

India, Pakistan, Iran near gas deal
By ASHOK SHARMA

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8Q2EJQO0.htm

India, Pakistan and Iran are close to signing an agreement on transporting natural gas from Iran to the two South Asian countries via a land pipeline by 2011, Indian officials said Friday.

"if we have the certainty of knowledge.."
How many times haven't we heard this before? And how many times haven't they been wrong about sketchy facts, rumours, hot tips and so on. They've dropped bombs on top of houses, killed lots of innocent people.

I don't think we can bomb Pakistan at this point.
The days of us dropping bombs indiscriminately are over. They really are. We have created SO much animosity in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries. At this point we might just stir up a firestorm.

Don't count on this happening.

They may be stupid in Washington, but they're not suicidal.:smoke: