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S-2 · 10-04-2010, 12:18 PM

"Pakistan has supported US in Cold war against Soviets, and Americans need to remember that."

That was a long time ago and the support was mutual. The issues we now face together are at least, by themselves, a decade old but even more intractable. There are severe trust issues on both sides which I don't see bridged anytime soon (if at all).

The extent, if sucessful at all, will likely prove tenuous for years if not decades. We've a long way to go together and questionable if we ever get there.

The most recent incidents reflect the continuing distrust. Unquestionably Khost suffered another attack by taliban forces who very likely retreated back across the internat'l border. Unsurprising. That NATO (specifically America) vigorously prosecuted their retreat is unusual but unsurprising. That coordination was poor and frontier corps troops were killed as a result is equally unsurprising, if painfully disappointing.

That convoys were stopped by the GoP is unsurprising. That those stopped convoys were immediately attacked by miscreants is also unsurprising. There's little doubt they were vectored to the vehicles with assistance. America and NATO lose the supplies. Pakistani transportation companies lose the trucks. Hopefully their drivers are safe. Even the obligatory apology is unsurprising.

Summary. Everything which has occurred aside from the helicopter strikes was thoroughly unsurprising.

I hope none of us here are surprised that so much is unsurprising.

Thanks.

10-04-2010, 12:18 PM	#110 (permalink)
S-2 Members with less than 15 posts. Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sikander Reply "Pakistan has supported US in Cold war against Soviets, and Americans need to remember that." That was a long time ago and the support was mutual. The issues we now face together are at least, by themselves, a decade old but even more intractable. There are severe trust issues on both sides which I don't see bridged anytime soon (if at all). The extent, if sucessful at all, will likely prove tenuous for years if not decades. We've a long way to go together and questionable if we ever get there. The most recent incidents reflect the continuing distrust. Unquestionably Khost suffered another attack by taliban forces who very likely retreated back across the internat'l border. Unsurprising. That NATO (specifically America) vigorously prosecuted their retreat is unusual but unsurprising. That coordination was poor and frontier corps troops were killed as a result is equally unsurprising, if painfully disappointing. That convoys were stopped by the GoP is unsurprising. That those stopped convoys were immediately attacked by miscreants is also unsurprising. There's little doubt they were vectored to the vehicles with assistance. America and NATO lose the supplies. Pakistani transportation companies lose the trucks. Hopefully their drivers are safe. Even the obligatory apology is unsurprising. Summary. Everything which has occurred aside from the helicopter strikes was thoroughly unsurprising. I hope none of us here are surprised that so much is unsurprising. Thanks.