"US may increase its drone attacks near Afghan border; Move could delay need for more troops" by Lara Jakes, Associated Press | September 22, 2009
WASHINGTON - The White House is considering expanding counterterrorism operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating Al Qaeda instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.
Yeah, so calm down, antiwar American public; we will just slaughter them with fireballs from on high.
Two senior administration officials said yesterday that the renewed fight against the terrorist organization could lead to more missile attacks on Pakistan terrorist havens by unmanned US spy planes. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because no decisions have been made....
The officials said the administration would push ahead with the ground mission in Afghanistan for the near future, still leaving the door open for sending more US troops. But Obama’s top advisers, including Vice President Joe Biden, have indicated they are reluctant to send many more troops - if any at all - in the immediate future.
Yeah, YOU WILL BE SEEING a TROOP INCREASE despite the FOOLEYS, 'murka!!
I figure RIGHT AFTER the NEXT FALSE FLAG ATTACK when Obama calls all you youngsters to "serve" in the greatest challenge the world has ever known.
Police officials from some of Afghanistan’s most violent regions questioned the need for more US troops yesterday, saying it would increase the perception they are an occupying power and that the money was better spent on local forces.
Or HERE at HOME!!!
And EVEN OUR AFGHAN ALLIES do NOT WANT US, 'bamer!!
General Stanley McChrystal, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has warned the war is getting worse and could be lost without more troops....
The proposed shift would bolster US action on Obama’s long-stated goal of dismantling terrorist havens, but it could also complicate American relations with Pakistan, long wary of the growing use of aerial drones to target militants along the porous border with Afghanistan....
No, because THEIR GOVERNMENT has AGREED to SACRIFICE THEIR CITIZENS upon OUR ALTER of LIES!
The two senior administration officials said yesterday that one option would be to step up the use of missile-armed unmanned spy drones over Pakistan that have killed scores of militants over the last year.
That would BE SCORES of INNOCENTS, folks!!!!!
How come the LETS LEAVE and STOP BOMBING THEM option is NEVER DISCUSSED in the agenda-pushing, war-promoting, pap... oh, right.
The armed drones could contain Al Qaeda in a smaller, if more remote, area, and keep its leaders from retreating back into Afghanistan, one of the officials said. Most US military officials have preferred a classic counterinsurgency mission to keep Al Qaeda out of Afghanistan by defeating the Taliban and securing the local population. However, one senior White House official said it’s not clear that the Taliban would welcome Al Qaeda back into Afghanistan....
Especially since THEY ARE FIGHTING "Al-CIA-Duh!"
Pakistan will not allow the United States to deploy a large-scale military troop buildup on its soil.
Well, WE WILL SEE, won't we?
However, its military and intelligence services are believed to have assisted the United States with airstrikes, even while the government has publicly condemned them.
Yeah, it is called LYING TO YOUR OWN PEOPLE, and GOVERNMENTS DO IT ALL the TIME!!!!
The Pakistan Embassy in Washington did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Wider use of missile strikes and less reliance on ground troops would mark Obama’s second shift in strategy and tactics since taking office. Such a move would amount to an admission that using a traditional military strategy to take on the Taliban with thousands more troops is doomed to failure.
So HOW MANY MORE LIVES must get GROUND UP before the MADNESS ENDS, hanh?!!!!!
But stepping up attacks on the remnants of Al Qaeda also would dovetail with Obama’s presidential campaign promise of directly going after the terrorist network that spawned the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Then why is he in Afghanistan?
He should be going after the networks run from Tel Aviv, Washington, and London!
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