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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (105291)	12/5/2009 4:37:01 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Don't disagree Steve. But the powers that be have decided to fight this as a "limited war" and not all out mobilization. And I can certainly see why because it's a long term asymmetric battle with shadowy figures and networks. Pakistan is certainly a touchy situation. The internal power struggles and corruption within that nation make it very difficult to gain full cooperation. Pakistani intelligence (ISI) fostered the growth of the Taliban as a "counter-force" to the bandits that were disrupting trade (smuggling?) routes across Afghanistan. They also figured they would be a containable force and render Afghanistan impotent, permitting them to focus on Kashmir and their rivalry with India. They were never supposed to rise to the level of power where their movement threatened the Pakistani government. But apparently now it is, or it's the ISI using the Taliban as a tool to increase their own power within the country (how do you fight a terrorist threat?.. Intelligence and Black Ops.. controlled by the ISI). They create the threat, and then put themselves in a position of being able to quash it in exchange for more power/resources.. etc. Hawk

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (105291)	12/6/2009 3:18:35 AM
From: John Metcalf	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

"If we must be at war with this part of the world - we ALL must share in the cost. That means taxation. " forbes.com "As Boston University historian Robert Dallek told Obama at a White House meeting earlier this year, "war kills off great reform movements." He cited the impact of World War I in ending the Progressive Era, World War II in killing the New Deal, the Korean War in terminating Harry Truman's Fair Deal program and the Vietnam War in crushing Lyndon Johnson's Great Society."