Thursday, November 15, 2007

Pakistani Supply Lines

I was worried about this.

Morrell said at a Pentagon news conference that the supply line issue "is a very real area of concern for our commanders in Afghanistan, because 75 percent of all of our supplies for our troops in Afghanistan flow either through or over Pakistan." This includes about 40 percent of the fuel shipped to U.S. forces, which comes directly from Pakistani refineries. No ammunition goes through Pakistan, the press secretary said.

"Supplies to our troops in Afghanistan continue to flow freely through Pakistan, and for that we are grateful," he said. "But the U.S. is not taking the passage for granted. Planners are working on contingency supply lines to our troops if it becomes necessary to alter the way we now support our troops."

Notice that there's no description of what that "Plan B" might be.

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