Originally posted by Eagler
what he said
there is a reason we haven't invaded the wild wild west of pakistan already
the last thing you want is to have Musharraf lose control of his nukes
this administration realizes that, just wonder if the next one will as well
it's catch 22. go in hard on the taleban and aq in pakistan and musharraf falls over and islamic militants take control. keep the status quo with the taleban and aq using pakastan as a safe haven from nato and the probability is that the afghan mission will fail with the likley result that the militants not only regain afghanistan but ultimatly take pakistan as well, which would be an intolerable situation for the west. then the real war starts, iraq would be a sideshow in comparision.
