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2007-10-23 India-Pakistan

'Pakistan army ill-suited to fight tribal insurgency'

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Funny how they had no problem killing more than a million of their fellow citizens in 1971. And those were unarmed civilians. A few thousand, armed jihadists in open revolt against the Pakistani state should not really worry them.

But they need the jihadists to destabilize India and Afghanistan. All part of the '1000 year war' declared by Benazir's father.

Benazir Bhutto and her interior minister Nasrullah Babar created the Taliban, over the then opposition of the ISI (who backed Hekmatyr).

All talk of invasion of Sindh is just deception. An attempt to deflect American criticism.
India does not want additional tens of millions of rabid Muslim citizens. It will not invade Pakistan.
And in any case, the Pak army cannot withstand a full Indian assault. If the 3 Indian Strike Corps enter Sindh or Punjab, they will overwhelm the Pak opposition.

Posted by john frum 2007-10-23 06:54|| 2007-10-23 06:54|| Front Page Top

#2 You know more about India/palistan than I but from my readings the problem with Hykamatiar was that he had bombarded Kabul indiacrimantely and also that he had the bad habit to have his ass handled by Massoud. At one point it mlust have been evident even for his more ardent supporters in Pakistan that he was a loser and taht it was time to find another horse. Also AFAIK Hykmatiar was more nationalist and less islamist than Mullah Omar and thus less likely to compromise on the devolution of Afgahan territories after the expiry of the Durand treaty.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-10-23 07:38|| 2007-10-23 07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 I am not confident that the Paki Army can fight anyone who can shoot back.

A friend of mine who was in Somalia said the Paki soldiers were less capable than your average American civilian (with no training what so ever).

Things have only gotten worse since then.

If you remember, in 2001 many Paki officers joined the Taliban to fight the American invasion of Afghanistan. It took only a few weeks to take over the country.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-10-23 13:40|| 2007-10-23 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 A Pakistani swat team did a pretty good job clearing out the Red Mosque recently,

but,

- they were the best force that the Paks have
- they had a bunch of fatalies
- the terrorists have quietly retaken the Red Mosque

Posted by mhw">mhw 2007-10-23 13:52|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-10-23 13:52|| Front Page Top

#5 It is not trained to fight the kind of insurgency it is now engaged in.

They are trained to create them, not fight them.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-23 15:20|| 2007-10-23 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I am not confident that the Paki Army can fight anyone who can shoot back.

I am not confident that the Paki Army WILL fight anyone who can shoot back.

Posted by Crusader 2007-10-23 16:31|| 2007-10-23 16:31|| Front Page Top

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