05-03-2011, 10:37 PM
Grace62 wrote:
[quote=billb]
[quote=Grace62]
There would be no reason for US troops in the country to train Pakistani soldiers to be out doing intelligence and surveillance work in the surrounding neighborhood. And I seriously doubt that OBL was stopping by the military academy for tea.
That was the job of the Pakistani intelligence agency, and they failed.
I fully acknowledge that this took years of intelligence work, and I greatly appreciate that work. Had our gov't stayed focused on that, who knows how much sooner this situation could have been resolved.
Wow you got some heavy duty good crack to smoke today.
So you agree with me?
That was my point.
Hillary Clinton has stated repeatedly that Pakistan counterterrorism mechanisms helped U.S. interests get Bin Laden.
Don't quite understand what all the blue pill pundit drum beating is all about.
With the continued presence of al-qaeada forces within Pakistan I rather doubt too many officials want to go on record as having helped the West "get their man".
Al-qaeada hardly needs Bin Laden to continue to exist.
There's more work to do in Pakistan - Bin Laden's not the end of our presence there, unfortunately.
We also have to tread lightly due to India.
Times have changed a bit in the last decade to allow better relations with India and Pakistan.
Obama is wise to take advantage of them. He didn't invent them.