tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post240535351644313306..comments2023-11-17T03:55:40.736-05:00Comments on Ink Spots: Next you're gonna tell me the Pakistanis aren't planning to use those F-16s for COINLilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-48980842648896027342010-12-08T13:18:34.117-05:002010-12-08T13:18:34.117-05:00Oops, you're right. I got confused at the end ...Oops, you're right. I got confused at the end (it's me, not you) and your point about it being their money is exactly right. Thanks.Madhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-52534722662625659242010-12-08T12:03:47.412-05:002010-12-08T12:03:47.412-05:00Madhu -- Just quickly as I'm on blackberry:
I...Madhu -- Just quickly as I'm on blackberry:<br /><br />I confused things with the examples at the end, but I'm really not talking about AF here. Ship has sailed on that one.<br /><br />And as far as wasting our money goes: Saudis pay cash, so it's wasting THEIR money.Gulliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558335790019565924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-3103443948485861072010-12-08T08:19:15.262-05:002010-12-08T08:19:15.262-05:00Last one for now:
The main counterterrorism optio...Last one for now:<br /><br />The main counterterrorism options in Afpak include using info from the ISI?<br /><br />That's our main problem there, isn't it? We don't have the same sort of partners in Afpak that we do in Indonesia or the Phillipines.<br /><br />Seriously on my question of lean logistics: as problematic as the CARS and Russian routes are, perhaps we've reached the point where we have to seriously consider how we can function without the Khyber Pass.<br /><br />I'm serious about this point. Joshua Foust at Registan makes the point that it is impossible, but I think that's only true if we have a heavy foot print.<br /><br />The problem set is irritatingly self-defeating.Madhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-34613849602168537442010-12-08T08:14:44.620-05:002010-12-08T08:14:44.620-05:00How does the "Phillipines" option work i...How does the "Phillipines" option work in Afghanistan, where there isn't a functioning army to work with? We are in the process of building it, but reports don't look very promising to date.<br /><br /><br />Because of the logistics tie-in to Pakistan, we will have to go lean there eventually, too. We cannot allow the heavy logistics "tail", or whatever its called, to call all of the shots.<br /><br />How do you go lean in Afghanistan?Madhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-50847834963875074712010-12-08T08:07:35.567-05:002010-12-08T08:07:35.567-05:00Our institutions have learned nothing from 9-11.
...Our institutions have learned nothing from 9-11.<br /><br />We are recreating many mini-versions of our unhealthy client-protector relationships with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.<br /><br />At least that allows our political class ample time to travel abroad, preen with foreign leaders and pose with American troops - all for "back home" photo ops, and throw hard earned American cash into the wind....<br /><br />It's enough to make a gal cynical.Madhunoreply@blogger.com