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| Mullen: We're goading Pak to rein in LeT |
| 2010-07-25 |
| NEW DELHI: US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen has assured India that Washington was "bringing an extraordinary amount of pressure" on Pakistan to rein in terrorists groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and 26/11 plotter Hafiz Saeed. That would be the ISI-supported LeT, and it's founder, Hafiz Saeed. "I want to assure you that it's an issue that I don't pay lip service to at all," he told Times Now. The entire administration was committed to the issue. Pardon me if I worry about issues that we have to openly declare that we're not paying lip service to. Admiral Mullen said the US was also focusing on other terrorist organisations operating inside Pakistan. But he underlined that it was a very difficult problem. "There isn't an easy solution associated with this," he said, and added that he had seen the Pakistani leadership recognise it and take significant steps over the last couple of years to address it. By rooting it out, or covering it up? The Indians want to know, and Rantburg readers are interested too. The top US military officer applauded India's role in Afghanistan and said it was absolutely vital part of its regional plan. "From an overall perspective, certainly India is a regional, incredibly important regional power. It's a global power; in particular, its ability to influence economic outcomes here is really credible," he said "I applaud the economic investment because I think actually in the end it's the security we need to create. The security is necessary, but not sufficient part of the overall solution. In the end, this is about a stable, secure environment in which governance can be put together, built." That would seem to indicate that we will need more time and work than Obama's surge-and-run strategy plans for, no? |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #1 The US has been playing footsie with Pak ever since Kissinger's Tilt toward Pakistan policy. That was a real winner. Putting money in the Pak rathole and hoping for different outcomes is a fools game. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-07-25 16:59 |