re: #391 lawhawk

For AQ and the Taliban, the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is merely a line on the map. It holds no special relevance to them. If they get pressure from Afghanistan, they move to Pakistan. All the same, pressure from the Pakistani government in the frontier provinces sends ‘em back the other way.

The US needs the troops there, so that when there’s a significant push by the Pakistanis, they run the Taliban right into the anvil of US force.

Right, and Obama is putting the troops there. So what is all the pissing and moaning about here tonight?