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| Why Pakistan's military is gun shy |
| 2008-12-24 |
| By Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI - The attack on Mumbai on November 26 by Pakistan-linked militants opens a similar opportunity for India to what happened to Washington after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The US was able to further its regional designs with global support and was able to coerce Islamabad into cracking down on its own strategic partner, the Taliban in Afghanistan. New Delhi also now has the international community on its side, but Pakistan is in a very different position from where it was seven years ago, and the new political and military leaders are not in a position to take similar steps to those of their predecessors. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 A very bad but very convincing analysis. I think it is going to go down this time: Nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Hajis. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-12-24 17:18 |
| #3 The military is gun shy because they don't want to shoot all their friends and relatives. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-24 11:30 |
| #2 I sympathise with Pakistan, it must be tough to run a country full of well-armed medieval idiots. They tried the Saudi plan of sending the craziest off to fight Holy wars and die (thus making the host country look Holier in the process) but they picked areas that are far to close to Pakistan. Much better ot have sent their Jihadi to the Philipines or Sudan or something rather than Kashmir/India/Afghanistan where it is easy to get back to the homeland with a head full of crazy ideas and enough skill to do damage. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-12-24 10:56 |
| #1 The military is gun shy because the terrorists are their own action arm. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-12-24 10:28 |