Back in the RW: I just read that the US had 3 (!) carriers on station, on alert, near Pakistan, and at least one battalion of infantry and an unknown number of helicopters on alert in Afghanistan during and immediately after the May 1 raid. Apparently, we weren't going to fool around if the Pakistanis took violent offense at the Abbotabad raid.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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