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This is a tragic incident but it should be clear that we made a mistake, however horrific. Certainly General McChrystal has done all he can to convey his regret. "A Tuesday morning explosion in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand, left eight people dead and at least 16 others wounded...

"Pls dont follow the crowd , I guess based upon the rpute Collin Powel was also not lying abt the Iraqi WMDs..!" Who is above mistakes? OTOH, should we assume because mistakes have been made that future analysis is perpetually contaminated? "Please provide a quality which people expect...

"...btw seems to never be a problem when the Americans want someone to be handed over." We're not getting everybody we'd like nor, necessarily, even the access. Witness our limited access to Baradar now. We may with him in time should he not be charged in Pakistan and returned to Afghan...

1. The impersonations-are these guys fully uniformed-boots, webgear, shared and standard weaponry with military haircuts? 2. Checkpoints? Those lifted outside the city limits? Thanks.:usflag:

"Since the alleged intercepts are all over the media, wouldn't be too much to ask for actual evidence..." What's your idea of acceptable evidence, A.M.? I'd be curious. Transcripts? Actual tapings of conversations? At what point would you then allege that they're fabrications? Sanger...

"Probably referring to the Panjsheris and Uzbek warlords that are/have been part of the Karzai government." Probably. Should Rahman be believed or is it possible that he recognizes an opportunity to be meddlesome here by flying a false flag? "They accepted aid from the 'infidel' US, why...

"I received lucrative offers from the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan,” So who are they? He didn't say the Government of Afghanistan. I know that there was an entity known as the northern alliance or the United Islamic Front but I can find no political party in Afghanistan that calls...

"On occasions when the US has provided intelligence, Pakistan has acted and neutralized Taliban and AQ HVT's." Obama's Worst Pakistan Nightmare-NYT Jan. 9, 2009 "Washington’s sanguinity was not increased when Pakistan’s new prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, arrived in...

"You have no right to willfully violate another nation's sovereignty when that nation is openly willing to execute the same actions you wish to do so." I disagree. Your government hasn't even admitted still to the presence of our afghan taliban enemies on its lands save for Mukhtar's remarks...

"PRC dosent have a tech like Reaper or Predator .. !" This is likely very true. "...the PA is contributing alot to get things in order on this end of the border ..?" For yourselves, yes. And you should protect yourselves. We're glad you finally chose to last spring. However those...

"Every day another Taliban bigwig captured! Feels sort of like Christmas, doesn't it S-2?" In the following July maybe. We don't yet know the rationales behind this shift one way or another other than the speculation in the op-eds. For the purposes of my friends on the ground, it's late but...

"The current situation is in large part the US's fault." We reserve the right to both defend ourselves and prosecute our enemies, A.M. Both are upon your lands and, until you "single-handedly" developed the intelligence and subsequent arrest of Baradar despite sound indications otherwise...

In my past. Not now. Steve

Suicide are failing a lot in Afghanistan. Quality's way down- Afghan Suicide Bombings Lose Effectiveness as a Tactic - NYTimes.com Thanks.:usflag:

Sorta think you guys are talking at cross-purposes here and, combined, have nearly the whole picture. Nobody is able to provide full coverage at all times-not even the combined assets of U.S. and Pakistan. We've had to pull coverage from areas in Nuristan and Konar to support ops elsewhere...

"The only question remains, are all the drone strikes carried out through the agreed setup be it a Joint command or shared intel structure?" All strikes which are a result of Pakistani target development/intel are obviously a result of an agreed set-up. All strikes that we develop by nat'l...

"The anti american sentiment is so high , that no gov would be willingly accepting its role in the drone attacks" This is an important op-ed that argues for the drones. Mr. Husain supports a series of op-eds written by Ms. Farhat Taj elsewhere. I've been in touch with Ms. Taj in a series of...

"Perhaps we have done something very bad that god is punishing us like that." God no, Unity.:cry: There's nothing anybody who's an innocent civilian has done to deserve this on top of the misery that are their lives anyway. I'm truly, truly sorry my friend and hate this war and all the...

Let me clear on this-Thomas P.M.ed me reference my comment and questioned my assertion based upon an Ignatius column in WAPO that I'd posted here some time ago-Feb. 4, 2010 was the article's date. In it, Ignatius highlighted that the C.I.A. had been granted a four grid-coordinate kill-zone in...

I saw no correction in the original or retraction to indicate it had ever been reported as anything but 1420 tonnes by PRESS TV.