About this cease-fire between Pakistan and the Taliban...
Indian news reports that it paves the way for American incursion into the Taliban-controlled area where Bin Laden resides, and insulates Musharraf from internal strife for Muslim-on-Muslim attacks.
This opens the possibility of an October surprise in which Bush invades NW Pakistan and gets Bin Laden.
Details below.
The
story appears in India Defense.
Sources in Rawalpindi - the Headquarters of the Pakistani Army - indicate that the plan was directly dictated by Abizaid during his recent visit to Pakistan, and is said to put both the Musharraf Regime and War Against Terror in more secure positions.
At face value, the Musharraf regime gains as the ceasefire between Taliban and Pakistan Army will ensure that Pakistan Army will not be internally seen responsible for 'Muslims killing Muslims'.
It will also absolve Musharraf if and when U.S. forces, which have been granted "hot pursuit" rights, eventually capture Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar along the same border.
Any one else see this as plausible?
If plausible, then why not more widely noticed?