That's pretty funny Tom, you may have a second career in standup!
Firstly, I notice that you slyly refused to follow up your own words and conduct a 'systems analysis' of the harmful effects to America of allowing thousands of Taliban / al Qaeda / ISI terrorists to escape from Afghanistan and then flush to locations unknown. Perhaps you suspect that there is no way you can twist such an 'analysis' to make the intelligence failure look like a good thing :)
Re your comments:
"...I also believe the risks to the American homeland would not be reduced any significant amount if 5000 or even 10,000 more of those in Afghanistan were killed. In fact the danger may have increased.
>>> So you are arguing that we are SAFER the MORE terrorists are allowed to run free? Then why bother with the 'War' at all? They were ALL running free before the war... by your definition that should have produced the maximum 'safety' to us :)
Re: "...The logistics of 5000 to 10000 is difficult to conceal and one has thousands more candidates to track and find more of the hidden support structure."
>>> Right........... So you are saying the more terrorists that are out there, the easier is is to notice them? Gee, how original! The only (well, not the 'only', but rather the major) flaw with this 'theory' is that PAKISTAN has refused to tell us WHO they evacuated, or WHERE they went to, or if they are still there now!
Re: "...Ignorant mud hutters isolated in Pakistan are far more an economic drain on the terrorists. Hiding all these folk ties up planning and material resources. Those who may already be here and those who were already in Pakistan would have more time and resources if 5000 to 10000 mouths did not have to be fed and hidden."
>>> Ha! The fighters at Kunduz were some of the toughest and most senior leaders in the whole enemy camp... Paki generals and ISI special ops, and senior Tali and hardcore al Qaeda.
>>> Now you are saying that the 'best' thing is to let them escape so they will be a 'burden' on Pakistan? Well why not follow your 'logic' out and release all the low-level Taliban folks we've got down in Cuba... so they too can be 'a burden on Pakistan'? Hell, why keep the grunts when the generals have flown the coop?
>>> Of course, your theory also ignores the stated US goal to rid Pakistan itself of radical influence.
>>> I'm begining to believe that you really didn't bring any of your vaunted 'systems engineering' skills to this task of analyzing the effects of the great 'Airlift of Evil'. |
