U.S., Pakistan Exchange Fire

American Voices

September 29, 2008 | ISSUE 44•40

Troops from the United States exchanged gunfire with our ally Pakistan on the Afghan-Pakistani border. What do you think?

Brief cross-border firefights are just the Army's way of razzing its friends. It's the military equivalent of a noogie.

Darrel Pearlman
Systems Analyst
We can relieve tensions with Pakistan by firing some missiles into Israel. Pakistan will like it and Israel will probably be too flummoxed to even respond.

Syd Burrell
Gallery Dealer
'If we keep pulling this kind of stunt, pretty soon we might not be very well liked over there.'

Damon Rawls
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