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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
I don't believe you understand most "enlightened" Pakistanis if you believe that we think we are actually "winning our war".
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Are you? Honestly? Are you? Do you believe so? Do you believe that you have enough successes to carry on your momentum? Or do you believe you have to redefine your efforts? These are serious questions.
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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
As far as limited victories go, Pakistan has had a major one in Swat - and it is continuing to isolate Mehsud through cooperation with the Ahmedzai Wazir's.
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The 1st piece of good news I have heard in a long time. I applaud your victory but one victory does not make a war won.
The question I have is would you, as in the Pak popular opinion, change their minds if one set back occurred ... or are you now determined to carry through ... at least now, is your army determined to carry through ... because right now, the performance has been pokey dot.
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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
With respect to denigrating NATO efforts, perhaps that is a failure on your part to present your side of the story. Pakistanis don't hear about the excellent piece written hear - they hear about the weddings, villages and innocent children being bombed.
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I don't want to present NATO's side of the story, mainly because I remembered the Soviet's side of the story. The Soviets did the exact same things we're doing. The only difference is that we seemingly have better support from the Afghan populace. If, and I emphasized IF, that is true, than that is the story that I want to present ... and according to the ECONOMIST, we have 70% support.