So after X years, we're finally getting our intel act together and able to strike over the border? Uhm, yay?
More like, after X years the politicians and flag officers grew a pair and decided to start hitting them where they sleep after X years of intel telling them that they were "right there!" *point*
You have no idea how p-o'd we in the S2 shop got when we were watching the bastages pull off an attack and then slip right back over the border where we weren't allowed to touch them and Pakistan not doing a darned thing about it (except for one time where we managed to drop some A-10's on the twerps when they were within sight of the Paki border, hehe
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And yes, the hiding behind human shields thing is annoying as all get out. I recall one instance in 2006 where we had eyes on the little <insert excessive explicative here> responsible for killing some 11 SEALs, 8 Rangers and a CH-47 aircrew. Needless to say we wanted to wax this guy something aweful. We saw him, knew exactly where he was and that he wasn't going anywhere any time soon and were more than ready to drop a 2,000 lb Mk-84 on his noggin.... except we couldn't, because he was sitting smack dab in the middle of a compound loaded to the gills with women and children (and FYI, they don't usually hang out with these creeps willingly, generally they are forced to at gun point, so try to refrain from blaming them for consorting with Taliban). Welcome to the world of MI.
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