Wednesday - May 06, 2009
A Box With Four Sides
MINGORA, Pakistan – Helicopter gunships and mortar teams pounded militant strongholds Wednesday, killing dozens outside emerald mines, the military said, as Taliban reinforcements poured down from their mountain hide-outs and seized homes and government buildings.
The army began taking the fight to militants entrenched in both the Swat Valley and in Buner, just 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the capital, as Pakistan’s leader prepared to hear demands from President Barack Obama for forceful action from a struggling ally.
The latest actions will please Washington, which is urging Pakistan to crack down on militants blamed for rising violence at home and in Afghanistan.
Since fighting broke out Tuesday, thousands of men, women and children have fled Swat’s main town of Mingora and surrounding districts, fearing an imminent major military operation. The government said it believes refugees could reach 500,000.
Gosh, I hope our bold and decisive President Obama did his homework on this one. Because, with the aid of a bit of diplomacy, and the “failed” Divide and Conquer strategery that Chimpy McBushHitlerburton left on the global Risk™ board, the opportunity is here, RIGHT NOW, to smash the Taliban pretty much forever. Or at least to set them back severely for a good number of years. It’s war, and it’s time to win it. It should not be hard to get some cooperation out of China and India, as the Talis are a threat to them in this area as well.
US /NATO / Coalition forces in blue. Chinese forces in red. Indian forces in green. Pakistani forces in black. And they’re the ones doing the work. Everybody else just mobilizes at the borders, and makes sure none of the uglies gets across. Or maybe all the neighboring armies come over for a visit, a few miles across the border. Just for a while, Ok? Ok, everybody agrees to take in some refugees for a bit. But strip search them first. And shoot everybody who crosses the border with a weapon.
The Taliban is surrounded. Now finish the game.
If I were commander in Afghanistan, I’d start a secondary push from the other end of the country, to resweep the Talis across to the northeast. Just to clean things up a little more. Isn’t that what the Afghanistan Surge is all about?
Posted by Drew458
on 05/06/2009 at 12:58 PM
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