Pakistani Taliban Repel Government Offensive

[Psychoblues]

It is indeed more complicated than just killing the opposition, isn't it?!?!?!?!?!?!?! As in the US, the Pakistani military and veterans were ignored by the self annointed.

Source: NYT

Taliban fighters forced Pakistani soldiers to retreat from a militants’ stronghold near the border with Afghanistan over the weekend, after a three-day battle sent civilians fleeing from government airstrikes.
The pullback from Bajaur, an area of Pakistan’s tribal region where the Taliban and Al Qaeda have forged particularly close ties, came after the military began an offensive there late last week.

Military spokesmen said 6 soldiers had been killed, though the Pakistani Taliban put the number at 22. It was unclear how many civilians had died.

The clash was the second in two weeks between government forces and the Taliban. The army has been trying to push the Taliban out of Swat, an area east of the tribal region, where a two-month-old peace agreement between the government of the North-West Frontier Province and the Taliban is in shreds...........

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/wo...ia&oref=slogin

November will change what?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

[bullypulpit]

Let's not forget that US casualties are up in Afghanistan...65 from May to the end of July. and US boots on the ground are up to 33,000.

Thank you, President Bush.

[Psychoblues]

Indeed, bp, indeed.

Let's not forget that US casualties are up in Afghanistan...65 from May to the end of July. and US boots on the ground are up to 33,000.

Thank you, President Bush.

How can you even type those 2 proper nouns together? I can't bring myself to even saying them together!!!!!!!