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THE TRAP: “Osama bin Laden has repeatedly stated his hope that the U.S. will get sucked into a ruinous, debilitating conflict in Pakistan.”

Many analysts like Michael Sheuer believe that Mr. Laden wants to suck America into new wars so that he can create new recruiting grounds from the ruins of drone bombings, the survivors of targeted killings and general Anti-Americansim that comes out of chaos. The reality of Afghanistan: Breaking the media paradigm

America is walking into the trap!

This is a short term victory for long term defeat! http://rupeenews.com/2008/02/02/consequences-of-us-airstrikes-by-rahimullah-yusufzai/

Mr. Negroponte believes in targeted killing which worsened the situation in Guatemala. The American targeting bombing in Pakistan, and covert actions in the tribal are playing right into the hands of the person that is the most wanted person in America.

ISAFistan

Taliban controlled territories

PARIS: In its ideological struggle against Al Qaeda, American anti-terrorist strategy too often overlooks the basic tenets of the infamous Chinese warlord Sun Tzu, namely: know your enemy.That is the fixed view of leading analysts, who conclude that through ignorance of the enemy it faces, ignorance of its nature, its goals, its strengths and its weaknesses, the United States is condemned to failure.

“The attention of the US military and intelligence community is directed almost uniformly towards hunting down militant leaders or protecting US forces, (and) not towards understanding the enemy we now face,” said Bruce Hoffman, a professor at Georgetown University, Washington DC.”

This is a monumental failing not only because decapitation strategies have rarely worked in countering mass-mobilisation terrorist or insurgent campaigns, but also because Al Qaeda’s ability to continue this struggle is based absolutely on its capacity to attract new recruits and replenish its resources.

These targeted killings may have achieved the objective of eliminating a person, but the death of the person may rejuvenate the “idea”. It doesn’t matter how bad the idea is. The bombing in Cambodia did not defeat the Vietcong, it actually provided the impetus for rise of the Khemer Rouge as well as the defeat of the South Vietnamese forces.

The American ear dismisses these sobering lessons from history. Unfortunately the sane advice is considered noise. In the Neocon mind the “Charge of the Light Brigade” must continue.

By targeting minor and major players on Pakistani territory, they may be cheering in Washington, but creating headaches in Islamabad. The Exedrins and the denials do nothing to fool the opposition and the followers of Bin Laden. The world knows when an American incursion takes place. Pakistan from all over the political spectrum do not like the invasion.

Each time there is a targeted killing, it provides great recruiting posters to Mr. Bin Laden. A change in administration may increase the incursions into Pakistan. A veciferous opposition wants to renegotiate the deal with America.

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• Betrayals, blackmail in Bakiyev cloaking failure as success hiding the defeat declaring victory withdrawing from Afghanistan within 12 months Obama to unveil new policy: Marshal Plan & end to bombing raids in Pakistan
• Convincing the US tin ear of the Pakistani point of view 
• Peek into Obama’s brains: Bruce Reidel on Pakistan 
• Growing consensus in the Obama team: Much of Pakistan’s problems originate in Afghanistan
• Obama advisor Weinbaum predicts total Afghan policy review: Sees focus on talks & Reconciliation
• Afghanistan: Gen. Petraeus’ Pakistani advisers: Indians jittery
• Obama adviser Weinbaum gives deep insights into new Afghan policy

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