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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 12:21 PM
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How Many Wars Will Obama Inherit on January 20th ?
(I know I'm spamming the board with "news", so sue me :-)

Pakistan Moves Troops Toward India

Pakistan has begun moving some troops away from its western border with Afghanistan and has stopped soldiers from going on leave amid rising tensions with India, Pakistani officials said Friday. Some Pakistani forces have left the Afghan border areas. Two of the officials said the troops were headed to the border with India in the east.

Some of the Pakistani officials who spoke of the redeployment said it was partly a response to new intelligence that suggested India could launch an attack inside Pakistan by early next week. All of them spoke on the condition of anonymity.

One senior Pakistani military official who said troops were being redeployed from the areas where government forces were engaging the Taliban, added that the soldiers who were leaving were “being pulled out of areas where no operations are being conducted,” or where winter weather had limited their ability to maneuver. He called the number of soldiers being moved “limited.”

In public, Pakistani leaders have vowed in recent days not to attack first or be the aggressor in any conflict, but have warned India that it should not believe it can get away with launching even a “surgical” strike inside Pakistan.

“We will be compelled to respond if it happens,” said the Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, according to Pakistan’s state news agency. “If war is imposed, we will respond to it like a brave, self-respected and self-esteemed nation.”


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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 12:23 PM
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1. Is 'too many' an answer? Can he please send his diplomatic corps
all over the place and withdraw the troops? Pretty please?
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 12:24 PM
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2. A war between these two countries scares me.
I think this could escalate and a limited exchange of nuclear weapons might happen.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 12:25 PM
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3. Good grief. The world is gonna go up in flames before Obama even
takes office. That India/Pakistan situation could be deadly to us all.
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 12:28 PM
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4. I hate hearing this stuff. The country is a mess and useless wars
have put everyone in danger. I'm hoping peace prevails and we can put an end to this mess. jeez.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 12:39 PM
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5. Afghanistan could turn into Obama's Vietnam.
I really don't want to see the U.S. go into Afghanistan either. We have nothing to gain.
The Soviet Union learned that lesson. I really think an escalation there is pure folly.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-27-08 12:48 PM
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6. Agreed.
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