TigerOfMysore
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Makes little sense. This is not transit. A flight from Kabul to KHI is hardly different in nature of a flight from Kabul to Qatar, or Bahrain, or UAE, all of which have US bases. If this news is true then it will be a stationing which knowing the US will last longer than anyone thinks.There has been no official confirmation, we shouldn't forget that.
Transiting troops are more like tourists rather than a division of army stationed. The title says "stationed", while that will clearly not be the case. Stationed implies some sort of autonomy to function. These troops will have none. They will be housed until flights can be scheduled for them to fly to where ever they need to go. We will make money by providing them services. 4K soldiers are not enough to take over Karachi, don't worry. Besides I doubt they will even have vehicles to get around in. So if anyone who thinks these soldiers are gonna walk out of their secure sleeping quarters, and walk to Karachi and take over is nuts.
Despite popular PDF belief, Pakistan and NATO/US are allies. And as weird of a relationship we have, as "allies" we will help them get out of Afghanistan. Hopefully Karachi will get some good publicity and these soldiers will spend some money on Food Panda or something lol . More realistically I don't think we will get anything out of it. What we need most right now is good publicity. And I don't think there will be any western media reports on how nice we are being by giving them a safe spot. That said, the human to human bond that Pakistan will make with all these soldiers will remain. These soldiers will remember what we did for them once. Same goes for western journalists who are being accommodated for. People will remember. As for materials goods. Thats anyones guess. If the US was gonna release the Zulus for us, they would do it even without this event.
Finally, it really begs the question. Why a short stay in Pakistan. Why couldn't they be taken to various US bases in the region. Didn't they plan this properly! But if it turns out that they really needed our help due to some logistical problem, then no problem. We do deserve more details though!
Salahuddin spared lives when he captured Jerusalem. And ensured safe passage!
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