US to attack Pakistan???

[Lady Macbeth]

US Army reviewing options for 'unilateral' strike on Pakistan

The US Army is studying options for a 'unilateral strike' in Pakistan, in case a successful terror strike on America is traced back to the semi-autonomous tribal regions of that country, top military officials have disclosed.

Officials said that the alleged links between the confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad and the terror groups operating from the lawless tribal regions, particularly the Taliban, have 'sharpened' the Obama administration's need for retaliatory options.

"Planning has been reinvigorated in the wake of Times Square," The Washington Post quoted one of the officials, privy to the development, as saying.

It may be noted that President Obama sent his two top security advisors- National Security Adviser James Jones, and the Central Investigation Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta to Islamabad earlier this month, who reportedly told both the civilian and the military leadership of that country that it must go against extremists flourishing on country's soil with more force.

US officials said that there is a broad consensus amidst the country's military establishment that airstrikes would be the best option to erode the threat posed by Al-Qaeda and its affiliates. However, there are also concerns over not letting any military action to affect the relationship between both countries.

"The general feeling is that we need to be circumspect in how we respond so we don't destroy the relationships we've built" with the Pakistani military," the newspaper quoted another official, as saying.

It is pertinent to mention that the CIA has the authority to designate and strike targets in Pakistan without case-by-case approval from the White House.

The U.S. military forces are currently authorized to carry out unilateral strikes in Pakistan, but only if there is solid intelligence against any of the three 'high-value' targets: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the Taliban warlord Mohammad Omar.

"The bottom line is you have to have information about targets to do something, we have a process that remains cumbersome. If something happens, we have to confirm who did it and where it came from. People want to be as precise as possible to be punitive," added an official. (ANI)





US Army reviewing options for 'unilateral' strike on Pakistan

[Lady Macbeth]

So Faisal Shezad is to Pakistan what 911 was to Afghanistan?
Isnt the bar getting too low here?

Mark this moment (if the war happens)for it may go down in history as "US started World War III and put its name down on the list of third world countries".

[A1Kaid]

The Obama administration as I said many months ago is more hawkish in it's drone strikes and policy towards Pakistan than the previous Bush administration. For example drone strikes have multiplied under the Obama administration compared to the prior, and it is the Obama administration that introduced the controversial and quite offensive "Af-Pak" policy and doctrine, expanding the theater of war into Pakistan.

The US Army is studying options for a 'unilateral strike' in Pakistan, in case a successful terror strike on America is traced back to the semi-autonomous tribal regions of that country, top military officials have disclosed.

This "unilateralism" is something I have warned my fellow Pakistanis about before, "unilateralism" is they key word it is the word fed to Obama by key Geo-Political strategist in the US i.e. Brzezinski.

"Planning has been reinvigorated in the wake of Times Square," The Washington Post quoted one of the officials, privy to the development, as saying."

They say F.S received training in Pakistan? Where did he receive what exact location? How have they proven he received training in Pakistan? These are important questions to be asked and GoP must demand answers.

The Pakistan military should warn US any incursion and any drone strike will be met with hostility. This is what states must do in order to defend their sovereignty, meanwhile PA must continue to fight TTP and rid the nation free of those parasites that may happen to linger anymore...GoP is obviously allowing the drone strikes or else the strikes would not happen, they happen with the covert permission of GoP which is a disgrace, nonetheless PM should bring an end to US unilateralism inside Pakistan. The Pakistani nation people both domestic and foreign have had enough.

[A1Kaid]

Below is my warning, I posted it 6 months ago, and what you will read may shock you a little looking back with the benefit of hindsight.

Originally Posted by A1Kaid

Different time, same attitude, similar policies in fact with Obama the policies are more extreme and qualitatively worse than Fmr. Pres. Bush.

I understand your logic but to think or imply the US is no longer "trigger happy" is very false. Pres. Obama has dramatically revamped the US-CIA drone project in NWFP, attacks have increased more than double compared during the Bush Presidency. It is Pres. Obama who has expanded the theater of war, by introducing one of the most significant Geo-Political doctrines the US has introduced in decades, the "Af-Pak" Doctrine, which expands the US led "war" in Afghanistan to Pakistan, a sovereign country which the US has not officially declared War against.

Pres. Obama (and US State Dept) has even increased qualitatively US covert action inside Pakistan. The use of Black Water, JSOC, and using local "security contractors" to do their bidding inside Pakistan.



So as you can see Pres. Obama is qualitatively worse than Pres. Bush in regards to Pakistan. It was Obama, at the Woodrow Wilson Institution I believe the date was April 08 (during his campaign) said openly that he supports the UNILATERAL strike on Pakistan. Not even his fellow Democrats nor Republican John McCain who was supposedly the more hawkish type would say that, Senator McCain stated he did not support any UNILATERAL strike in Pakistan.


I hope you are beginning to see what load of trouble and misery the selection of Pres. Barack Hussein Obama has brought for Pakistan.




You have a lot to learn, trust me, you don't know Pres. Obama. Period.

Source: US offers Pakistan enhanced military, economic support

[vinod2070]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

So Faisal Shezad is to Pakistan what 911 was to Afghanistan?
Isnt the bar getting too low here?

Mark this moment (if the war happens)for it may go down in history as "US started World War III and put its name down on the list of third world countries".

No cost is too high to pay for the security of the country's citizens.

Hopefully it doesn't come to this and Pakistan can clean up it's act. Else it is just something waiting to happen. The decades long policy of state support of terror is going to bite back real hard. More than it has already done so with a generation of closet (or overt) terrorists.

[Xeric]

By this definition, india should be the next in number to be attacked...

[vinod2070]

But the kaafirs are jointly plotting to kill the shining beacon of Islam in the world, isn't it?

Only the pork eating, atheist China (that persecutes its Uighur Muslims and the majority of whose people hate Muslims) is on Pakistan's side for some strange sentimental reason when they are otherwise so "pragmatic".

[Xeric]

Duh...??

Take another sip of that something you are drinking.

[Lady Macbeth]

Originally Posted by vinod2070

No cost is too high to pay for the security of the country's citizens.

If this is how the US views at protecting its citizens then please 'hammer away'(pun intended) at the link provided....
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Originally Posted by vinod2070

Hopefully it doesn't come to this and Pakistan can clean up it's act.

Looks like the "Saintly US" is set to become a world class janitor....first they poop in our back gardens and then they bring in their troops to sweep it up.

Originally Posted by vinod2070

Else it is just something waiting to happen.

I hope thats not a threat....???
You honestly think Pakistan is going to take it lying down? While we respect all other nations and their citizens, when push comes to shove we will bitterly ward off any evil that dares to pass the Afghan/Iran "volley" (yet another pun intended) to our side.

Originally Posted by vinod2070

The decades long policy of state support of terror is going to bite back real hard. More than it has already done so with a generation of closet (or overt) terrorists.

Erm....I think they ought to go after Israel first, that is if they really are 'after' the terrorism sponsoring governments

[vinod2070]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

If this is how the US views at protecting its citizens then please 'hammer away'(pun intended) at the link provided....
Whac-A-Mole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well, safety of the citizens is no joke. I admire the USA for going to extreme lengths to ensure safety at home.

Not every country can do that and they are the sole Superpower for a reason.

Looks like the "Saintly US" is set to become a world class janitor....first they poop in our back gardens and then they bring in their troops to sweep it up.

Well, it seems your rulers and military can't have enough of them, they love their dollars and weapons. You are the most allied ally, isn't it?

Pakistan is making money on every bullet that passes to a US soldier in Afghanistan, has always done so.

I hope thats not a threat....???

Of course not. How can I issue a threat on US' behalf. I can only comment on how I see the issue.

You honestly think Pakistan is going to take it lying down? While we respect all other nations and their citizens, when push comes to shove we will bitterly ward off any evil that dares to pass the Afghan/Iran "volley" (yet another pun intended) to our side.

Sure. Same as others will not take the terror coming from Pakistan lying down for long. There has to be a payback, there will be!

Erm....I think they ought to go after Israel first, that is if they really are 'after' the terrorism sponsoring governments

They may do that if those terrorists start killing Westerners especially Americans. Right now it is some other terrorists and their sponsors who are doing that.