Comments on: Ex-Pakistan Interior Minister Rejects Joint Border Patrols http://washingtonindependent.com/13460/ex-pakistan-interior-minister-rejects-joint-border-patrols National News in Context Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:24:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bruce Fein http://washingtonindependent.com/13460/ex-pakistan-interior-minister-rejects-joint-border-patrols/comment-page-1#comment-34902 Bruce Fein Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:06:04 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=13460#comment-34902 What don't you understand about Sherpao's statement that are 1,000 checkpoints on the Pakistani side and only 80 on the Afghan side?<br><br>Having had experience on both sides of the Afg-Pak border, I have to agree with Sherpao. The US and Afghanistan are trying to win the war on the cheap. Pakistan has more troops in FATA alone than US, NATO, ISAF, and Karzai have in Afghanistan! <br><br>My belief is that the US and Afghanistan don't have the resources or resolve to fight an internal Afghan insurgency and are working to push the fight into Pakistan. Let the Paks take care of it, they seem to be saying!<br><br>And then you ask Pakistan to "do more?" What don't you understand about Sherpao's statement that are 1,000 checkpoints on the Pakistani side and only 80 on the Afghan side?

Having had experience on both sides of the Afg-Pak border, I have to agree with Sherpao. The US and Afghanistan are trying to win the war on the cheap. Pakistan has more troops in FATA alone than US, NATO, ISAF, and Karzai have in Afghanistan!

My belief is that the US and Afghanistan don't have the resources or resolve to fight an internal Afghan insurgency and are working to push the fight into Pakistan. Let the Paks take care of it, they seem to be saying!

And then you ask Pakistan to “do more?”

]]> By: Bruce Fein http://washingtonindependent.com/13460/ex-pakistan-interior-minister-rejects-joint-border-patrols/comment-page-1#comment-9279 Bruce Fein Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:06:04 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=13460#comment-9279 What don't you understand about Sherpao's statement that are 1,000 checkpoints on the Pakistani side and only 80 on the Afghan side?<br><br>Having had experience on both sides of the Afg-Pak border, I have to agree with Sherpao. The US and Afghanistan are trying to win the war on the cheap. Pakistan has more troops in FATA alone than US, NATO, ISAF, and Karzai have in Afghanistan! <br><br>My belief is that the US and Afghanistan don't have the resources or resolve to fight an internal Afghan insurgency and are working to push the fight into Pakistan. Let the Paks take care of it, they seem to be saying!<br><br>And then you ask Pakistan to "do more?" What don't you understand about Sherpao's statement that are 1,000 checkpoints on the Pakistani side and only 80 on the Afghan side?

Having had experience on both sides of the Afg-Pak border, I have to agree with Sherpao. The US and Afghanistan are trying to win the war on the cheap. Pakistan has more troops in FATA alone than US, NATO, ISAF, and Karzai have in Afghanistan!

My belief is that the US and Afghanistan don't have the resources or resolve to fight an internal Afghan insurgency and are working to push the fight into Pakistan. Let the Paks take care of it, they seem to be saying!

And then you ask Pakistan to “do more?”

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