US ready to bomb 150 Pak terror camps?

[cosmicone]

Source: Times of India / PTI

WASHINGTON: The United States has a secret "retribution" plan to bomb more than 150 terror camps in Pakistan in the event of another major terrorist attack originating from that country.

This startling disclosure about Washington's "all bets off" policy towards an ostensibly dubious ally in the war on terror is contained in Bob Woodward's opus " Obama's War," which details an evolving US approach in the region.

The plan pre-dates the Obama presidency, going back to the Bush White House, but elements of policy, aimed at wiping out terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan, is evident in the current administration's ruthless bombing by unmanned drones of terrorist targets inside Pakistan, which far surpasses the Bush approach in terms of frequency and intensity.

The US threat also places in context secretary of state Hillary Clinton's dire warning to Islamabad earlier this year that there would be severe consequences for Pakistan if another 9/11-type attack were traced back to that country.

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[Taverner]

1. Are we 100% SURE they are 'terror camps'?

Not just goofy madrassas that uneducate kids...

[Xipe Totec]

2. I would not mess with the pak

[slackmaster]

3. The US should be damn well ready to drop a missile or bomb on any square inch of the planet

I want my money's worth for all the taxes I pay.

[ixion]

4. Obama: The new LBJ

Joy. :(

[iandhr]

5. if he can bring a Great Society

It would be a good thing.

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[gkhouston]

7. Mutually Assured Destruction rises again...

:banghead:

[golfguru]

8. Wrong

Mutual destruction can only happen if the adversary is equally powerful.

The rag tag sneak in the night bomb planters, and those jihadists who can
only kill Americans by sneak attacks and ambush of a smaller number of soldiers
by a larger group are equivalent of a mosquito bite on elphant's ass. It can only
irritate and itch the elephant but never kill the animal.

[gkhouston]

9. If you think we aren't being seriously damaged by this endless intanglement,

you're kidding yourself.

[golfguru]

No No No I never said Afghan war will be a good thing

My only point is they can not cause destruction of US.
They are not nearly strong enough.

[golfguru]

10. No No No I never said Afghan war will be a good thing

My only point is they can not cause destruction of US.
They are not nearly strong enough.

[displacedvermoter]

11. Another of the "'stark differences" between the Bush and Obama

adminstrations, and between Ds and Rs, that I am confused if I don't recognize.

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[maxsolomon]

12. wait. we know where 150 'terror camps' are, and we haven't bombed them yet?

are we waiting for hostilities to commence? :sarcasm:

of course we have contingency plans, and of course they involve pakistan. the military wouldn't be earning it's 50% of the budget if it didn't have a plethora of plans like this.