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Waziristan appears to be "Pakistan" territory only pro forma - it is, in fact, nearly as uncontrolled as it was when the British were fighting in the Khyber Pass. Perhaps we should be negotiating directly with the tribes. That is what the government of Pakistan does.

4 posted on 07/25/2007 3:48:53 PM PDT by Billthedrill

To: Billthedrill

Obama said he was willing to talk direct to anyone...

5 posted on 07/25/2007 5:09:22 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)

To: Billthedrill

Maybe we could just drop him off there.

6 posted on 07/25/2007 5:09:45 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)

To: Billthedrill

Perhaps we should be negotiating directly with the tribes.

IMHO that is exactly what we should do. These people live in an ancient tribal society that is still operating under the rules that were in force when Alexander the Great marched through the area. For all the bluster these people want wealth and security from outsiders more than they care about religion, love Bin Laden, or hate us.

My guess: They fear the central Pakistani state far more than they hate a country on the other side of the world.

The President should personally call the elders of these tribes to a conference across the border in Afghanistan and offer them an alliance with the US if they deliver Bin Laden and his cronies into our power and agree to fight our enemies for big $$$. That is the way things have been done in this part of the world for thousands of years. They want to conquer and pillage the next goat filled valley more than they want to kill us.

If they have to choose between Bin Laden or us, they know we have a lot more to give....

7 posted on 07/25/2007 5:12:41 PM PDT by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)

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