[D]ebates within the administration about how best to deal with the threat have yet to yield any good solutions, officials in Washington said. One counterterrorism official said that some within the Pentagon were advocating American strikes against the camps, but that others argued that any raids could result in civilian casualties.

I think the Americans should feel a little sore toward “civilians” who acquiesce in the establishment of an al-Qaida operational center nearby. “Civilians” will stop permitting such things if we make spectacular examples of those who do.

Exit question: What now?
Nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Lazarus on February 19, 2007 at 3:26 PM

“Get Bishop on the uplink, seal all the doors, and by the way, where is……….. “Where is Shepard?”

“Hicks?!?!?!”…….

“On my way……..”

Yeah, you’re right. It’s daisies. There should ba a disclaimer on this site warning non-professionals not to attempt this at home. :-)

In my opinion, everything needs to be coming up TULIPS for OBL et al.

csdeven on February 19, 2007 at 4:14 PM

I thought it was daisies myself (as in pushing up daisies).

Seriously, I hope we have a good eye on all of Pakistan’s nukes and a way to remove them at the drop of a hat ready to go 24/7.

Exit question: What now?

Nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

I suspect if the U.S. “went it alone” and bombed the heck out of this area, a revenant Tora Bora, Democrats would oppose it as a war crime, widening the war … in Iraq?

Let the jihadist lunatics mass in Pakistan, and then send them to their 72 year old virgin.

(Yeah, the multiple “virgins” bit was a typo in the Hadiths.)

1.according to American intelligence and counterterrorism officials 2.American officials said there was mounting evidence 3.American analysts said recent intelligence showed 4.Officials said the training camps 5.The new warnings are different from those made in recent months by intelligence officials 6.American officials say that the new intelligence is focused on Al Qaeda 7.The intelligence and counterterrorism officials would discuss the classified intelligence only on the condition of anonymity 8. the officials said 9.an administration official said. 10.Officials from several different American intelligence and counterterrorism agencies presented a consistent picture 11.have yet to yield any good solutions, officials in Washington said 12.And State Department officials say increased American pressure 13.“The chain of command has been re-established,” said one American government official 14.American officials and analysts said a variety of factors 15.Other experts questioned the seriousness of Pakistan’s commitment 16.according to American analysts 17.The analysts said that North Waziristan 18.Officials said that both American and foreign intelligence 19.Officials said that the United States still had little idea 20.Among the indicators that American officials cited 21.American intelligence and counterterrorism officials said that most 22.They said dozens of seasoned fighters 23.Pakistani officials say 24.Officials said that over the past year 25.Officials in Washington say they believe that.

With sources like these would could go wrong?

Until otherwise confirmed by REPUTABLE sources, hold your water and stop squealing like girlymen.

georgej on February 19, 2007 at 7:52 AM

Well said, georgej! ALL of it.

There is a massive propaganda push on right now from all the usual suspects in an effort to crush whatever remaining fighting spirit might remain here in America.

Walking away from this fight will be a national and global disaster the likes of which the world has never seen. It is in our National Interest to press on toward Victory.

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. ” President John F. Kennedy

Where the hell is that American Spirit?! On BOTH sides of the asile.

The problem in Iraq is that we allowed ourselves to get embroiled in peace keeping and government creating operations…

For Iran, I offer a different solution… smash, and go.

We destroy the Iranian army (a couple of weeks)… we destroy the countries bridges, factories, infrastructure, and oil production facilites, and don’t bother to occupy.

If their attitude is not to our liking after that? We do it again!!!

Eventually the populace will regain control of their government in order to STOP the pain… The modern idea that we can wage war on a country without waging war on its people is BS… War is War….

Punitive expeditions have been a valid technique of war forever…

Key here though is that we have to secure our own dam borders first.

Nothing will be done until we get hit again and it results in losing large numbers of American military to possibly defeat these maniacs. The Democratic congress makes it all even a bigger disaster.

The NY Times, which from time to time helps Al Qaeda understand the inner workings of our operation plans has an exclusive!
“WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) — Senior al-Qaida leaders have re-established control over the terror network and set up …

We have many problems in dealing with Pakistan and these haven’t changed since Bush’s father took the oath of office. They and India have had a tenuous relationship since they gained independence and their intelligence agency fostered the creation of the Taliban. This article focuses on the rural parts of Pakistan, but the cities are every bit as problematic, Karachi especially.

Bush has actually done a pretty good job here; something the article attempts to undermine. As is pointed out by others, there is no way for us to control this country through use of military force. Our only hope, unfortunately, is to rely on Musharraf, and he seems too politically weak to solve these problems. If Musharraf is assassinated or overthrown, we’ll have some really tough decisions to make.