Morning folks.
It would be downright impossible for any armed forces to launch an attack next to an army base without the host country noticing. This isn't Libya or Afghanistan, we have an established community of intelligence people.
I find it ironic that the same people trying to claim we're incompetent are the same ones who'd claim we're the source of all evil in the world. I don't think we'll ever know exactly what kind of tussle occurred behind closed doors over this, but one cannot logically think that the ISI and Pak Army knew nothing about this operation. Doesn't make any sense what so ever.
Not to mention, I find it hard the US couldn't even take bin Laden alive. By all reports it doesn't sound like he was heavily guarded, surely six Navy seals with a head start could've gotten to him without killing him?
Early reports have suggested ISI officials were at the sight of the operation, and on has to think that they're the ones who helped facilitate this capture. The US spent 1.2 trillion dollars on its wars and wasn't able to find OBL - am I to really think this was due to Bush's ineptitude? The US military juggernaut operates like a well oiled machine despite what one silly man may do.
As for how the American public views Pakistan, do you really think it could ever change? Realize that we are embodiment of what they hate to see. Suppose that this was a fully joint operation and the Pakistanis gathered all the intelligence and handed it over to the Americans - the public will not give two damns. Once the public high passes the Indian lobby and - sooner or later - groups like AIPAC would be back campaigning against Pakistan. One event cannot change public perception.