[Buffalobob]

Well, I am not exactly sure why the thread title is what it is so I will just say a few words about the title.

SF originated as a behind enemy lines type of unit and that implies that you fully trust no one. You train the partisans or indig etc (you can choose your war and the slang that went with it). Betrayal by your trainees is always a contingency that you must plan for. This happened enough in RVN that even an earthworm which has only two neurons knows to be careful when dealing with the indig.

Any number of "super powers" over the last 4 or 5 centuries have gotten bogged down in Afghanistan. A person would have to be seriously short of neurons to think that a heavily Muslim nation like Pakistan doesn't have enough sense to play both sides of the isle so that they are guaranteed to be on the winning side. Plus as long as the US is going to dump bales of money all over the country side Pakistan is surely going to run around and pick it up. When the money dries up Pakistan will say so long and go back to bothering India full time.