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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
Militarily - Yes.
The capability is there and the discipline is there, even if the desire at the level of NATO is not. Whether all of that capability will be utilized is a different question.
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So you will carry through? Right?
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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
The "popular opinion" at this point seems to be pretty much that - this war is one that the US started and the US wants to fight, and we are being unnecessarily dragged into it.
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You're not answering the question. Is popular opinion with winning this war or just give up?
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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
I would like to know what US or Canadian popular opinion would be if Iraq was in the place of Mexico, and half the suicide bombings were occurring within the US - especially given the sentiment (correct or not) that the war was needless.
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That question is already answered. We continue the fight no matter what. Replace the "War on Terror" with the "War on Drugs" and we have taken our lumps with defeats galore on our list ... but we have not given up the fight.
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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
If NATO really thinks that Pakistani efforts in FATA will make a difference then that is very much the point - because no democratic government in Pakistan will support a war that its people think is a Western ploy.
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Will any Pakistani government give up FATA? That is not a question for NATO to answer.
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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
If you are referring to the numerous statements by Afghan officials, then I am afraid that I have to say that I don't really give a rats ass what a bloody warlord has to say about Pakistan - especially when they choose to bring out dreams of redrawing borders. The only Afghan opinions the Pakistanis are looking at are the Pashtun ones.
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I've quoted the reference from the ECONOMIST.