Is the War On Terror to be extended to Pakistan?

Question

Mr Bush stated that he will attack the terrorists wherever they are to be found...

well, as Pakistan is the number one terrorist harboring country in the world, why hasn't Bush and Cheney put a plan in place to attack them?

Or do we only attack nations that are weak and without nuclear weapons?

Answer 1

You answered your own question! Neither Bush or Cheny can deal with a country that isn't poor and unable to defend itself.

Answer 2

That definitely seems the case.Remember how they threatened North Korea earlier?That rhetoric stopped rather fast when that country got the bomb.Now they never mention them again while it's the same country with the same leadership.
On Pakistan July 17 — President Bush’s top counter terrorism advisers acknowledged Tuesday that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden’s leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan had failed, as the White House released a grim new intelligence assessment that has forced the administration to consider more aggressive measures inside Pakistan....
In identifying the main reasons for Al Qaeda’s resurgence, intelligence officials and White House aides pointed the finger squarely at a hands-off approach toward the tribal areas by Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who last year brokered a cease-fire with tribal leaders in an effort to drain support for Islamic extremism in the region

This is very troublesome

Answer 3

Pakistan is a military dictatorship ! They have always enjoyed the support of the US ! We will fail in any attempt to conquer Pakistan. Even nukes are not effective in such moutainous terrain. We would have go in there,and fight in close quarters. We cannot win that type of conflict. The war on terror is as fake as the war on drugs ! After 70 years of drug prohibition, we have a bigger problem now,with no end in sight. Repression is best used by the continuation of an unwinnable conflict. It just goes on and on forever,or until the down-trodden masses rise up to rid themselves of the yoke of repression !

Answer 4

FYI, Pakistan does have nukes. Logistics would be a big problem and if we tucked tail out of there, the fundies make a bigger tumor than what it is. Ideally, we'd wait until the fall to get the bad guys back into cave dwelling mode. No doubt in my mind somebody is protecting ole bin Laden -- he has to have dialysis equipment.

Answer 5

It has been going on there for quite some time. Pakistan has had to control it's Kashmir radicals to prevent war with India since their last war with India ended. The current government knows that it is threatened by Islamic radicals, and obviously the former Female President of Pakistan would have been a target of radical Islam also.

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Answer 6

It has, unfortunately we cannot get involved becasue we're too busy with Iraq and we have deals with Musharraf to stay out of Pakistan.

We should have surrounded and destroyed the Taliban and Al Qaeda a long time ago.

I think it's ridiculous to fight a war inside some artificial boundries. Al Qaeda doesn't seem to care if they're in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Why should we?

Answer 7

Our deal to stay out of Pakistan is with the Musharraf regime. If he is voted out, or (more likely) removed from office, and replaced with an Islamist regime, I'd set a stopwatch to how long it took for U.S. Special Forces to move into Waziristan.

Answer 8

It was foolish not to extend it to Pakistan as soon as the Taliban & Al Qaeda began retreating there, so, even if it is going to happen, it's likely far too little, and certainly years too late.

But, I guess they figured they had to give nominal 'ally' Musharaf a shot at handling things himself, rather than gaurantee the collapse of his government and risk nukes falling into the hands of extremists.

Answer 9

how about Saudi Arabia where 40% of captured foreign fighters originate as well as the vast majority of 9/11 hijackers

Answer 10

It most definitely should. It's about time that we conducted this war, not as you libs want it, but the way it should be done. We need to put our foot down and go after those who are hiding and supporting Bin Laden in Pakistan and those who are sending arms and fighters into Iraq--Iran/Syria. Why would they give up if we are conducting this war like we're polite little girls?