WASHINGTON: A senior US official told Reuters on Friday that Washington would not send ground troops into Pakistan to attack militant positions in North Waziristan.
"There will be no boots on the ground," the official said. "That has been communicated to them (the Pakistanis)."
Pakistan and the United States have engaged in a diplomatic fusillade over the last week after outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said a violent Taliban faction was a "veritable arm" of the Pakistani spy service, the Inter Services Intelligence agency.
US and Pakistan have traded barbs over the last fortnight with US Defence Secretary saying that the US would take unilateral action against the Haqqani network if it had to.
Ever since the US conducted a ‘boots on the ground’ unilateral operation in Pakistan’s garrison town of Abbottabad, where they killed the then al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, ties between the two War on Terror allies have been tense. Pakistan has warned Washington against conducting a raid similar to the one on May 2.
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USA has developed another drone. Its called 'Drone Boot'. Along with the missiles, boots have been included. We are now all happy!!.
There were no American boots on Japanese soil in 1945, and technology has advanced since then.
The headlines says 'Unilateral'. So no asking Pak if USA/NATO can bomb it.
We know that these fanatics are not going to be part of mainstream society or try to integrate into the system. Therefor, pakistan will have to fight them eventually, it could be 10,15 years from today but the clash of pakistani state and these militants is coming. So why not fight them now with other's resources and equipments, get rid of them, earn good standing among the commity of world, move in to developement phase and progress and prosperity with the rest of the world. If you fight them later, you will have to spend your own resources, waste another decade and deprive your people of prosperity for another decade while world rides high. P
There will be boots on ground, but only for "strike and go", and this strategy will succeed vs putting boots on the ground for long term. Decision is only delayed to work out supply arrangeme.nts with central asian countries. And convince the "All weather friend", Saudis and Russians to help tighten screws on Pakistan.
pakistan has to defend the country if American try to attack pakistan.
so this time straight air assault.
America really does not need to send their ground forces into Pakistan, Their airforce and drones have enough fire power to collapse the infrastructure of Pakistan and enough missiles to pack all the Mullas for one way trip to heavens.
Troops on ground would mean US would soon become a history...Veitnam, Iraq and Afghanistan didn't, but Pakistan will definitely make US history, InshAllah.
Drones don't wear boots.
@Aamir, what about beigharat brigade?
@Saleem:
Yes, they were very afraid to go to Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq 91, Iraq 2002, Agfhan....
The statement means they are not yet ready for an invasion - unless someone gives them a very strong reason to. The Haqquanis. perhaps?
this will be interpreted as victory for the Ghairat Brigade.
so let it be written so let it be done. B52 is the need of the hour.