Disastrous Consequences? Please elaborate.
As if we are not having them already.
He means that the Chinooks were ready and armed with miniguns and other heavy firepower to let the SEALs shoot their way out of that was needed.
Will USA open another war front for a mere chopper shot down for something that was totally legal.....i.e. intruding the airspace of foreign country?
From the looks of it, YES. Obama clearly has been interested in this mission and deployed the backup Chinooks should the Black Hawk SEALs get into trouble. And this was a raid planned in a city known for its military personnel and military training academy. Do you think US would not have taken adequate measures to back up this raid?
If you are thinking that Pakistan with your current leaders (including Kayani) would have declared war against US in response to a mere gunfight, you're thoroughly mistaken. This is not a emotional tirade we're talking about; it is about worsening your own condition to fight against a superpower just for the sake of a single man most wanted by US. Needless to say that US has no interest in fighting Pakistan. But they were simply wanting to finish Bin Laden off. Which means had your military intervened in this fight, it would have clearly meant that PA supported Al Qaeda. That would have been disastrous for your reputation in the international community. Hence the decision by your military (if at all) to not retaliate was a wise one.
This is not a tiny European hamlet you're talking about. If US could consider an airstrike against OBL's house, you better understand what all plans they had as backups in case things went wrong, including the "shoot their way out of Pakistan" as mentioned here and in many other articles.
Even if US went to war, some of our officers might die. But then isn't that what they vowed in their hypothetical oath? To defend the country? I mean they are give up their lives fighting against India but not anyone else?
Now you understand how day in and day out, Pakistanis are fooled by these generals of yours to keep their power and creating an imaginary demon out of us? The oath that any country's military takes is to defend that country from any aggression off its borders, regardless of the opponent. But here the aggression only seems to be towards India while all other countries from hundreds of miles away walk in, complete their mission and leave.
Nice.
Remember we are being bombed daily...........friends of USA or no friends of USA......wouldn't have made a dime's difference.
They are not interested in bombing you. This is simply happening because AQ and Taliban are thriving in your country. I am not talking about TTP that is a personal enemy of your government but the main Taliban and Qaeda that are the enemies of US and their allies. Do you really think everyone is so jobless and deranged as to waste their time, money and intelligence and coming into others' countries and bomb civilians? If so then you think wrong.
The drones won't be circling your borders if Taliban and AQ were not having the time of their lives safe on your side of the border.