NATO Airstrike in Pakistan..

[SteamWake]

Source: Reuters

KABUL, Sept 30 (Reuters) - NATO aircraft crossed the border into Pakistan on Thursday morning and killed "several armed individuals", the alliance said in a statement, after Pakistan said a cross-border airstrike killed three border guards.

Cant wait to see the UN reaction to this.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE68T0IB.htm

Does anyone else think this idea of using NATO as political cover a travesty? I want to know the nationality of the attacking aircraft.

Cant wait to see the UN reaction to this.

Forget the UN reaction watch the Pakistani reaction.
The coilition can say goodbye to nearly 600 trucks of supplies a day.

An interesting chart detailing the NATO contributor's spheres of influence. Most Euro countries are far away from the problem zones.

Well this explains why this conflict has been going on for such a long time.

On 11 August 2003 NATO assumed leadership of the ISAF operation, turning the six-month national rotations to an end. The Alliance became responsible for the command, coordination and planning of the force, including the provision of a force commander and headquarters on the ground in Afghanistan.

http://www.isaf.nato.int/history.html

Well this explains why this conflict has been going on for such a long time.

The reason this conflict has been going on for such a long time is that some pillock in washington tried to do it on the cheap and then went and diverted the effort to go and play silly buggers in the middle east

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

An interesting chart detailing the NATO contributor's spheres of influence. Most Euro countries are far away from the problem zones.

Six of the hottest hot spots in Afghanistan from 2009:

Baghdis
Herat
Farah
Helmand
Kandahar
Kunduz

From those 6, only one area doesn't have euro troops in it. So, what be your point?

Originally Posted by Dowly

Six of the hottest hot spots in Afghanistan from 2009:

Baghdis
Herat
Farah
Helmand
Kandahar
Kunduz

From those 6, only one area doesn't have euro troops in it. So, what be your point?

My point is the euros are no smarter than the US. But I still think hiding behind the NATO umbrella is a cop out.