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2003-08-29 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-29 10:19:20 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't see Pakistan surving the next decade. Baluchi's, Pashtuns, Punjabi's. Eventually the instability will shatter it into three seperate nations.

The question is, do the Baluchi's join up with the Baluchi's in Iran, the Pashtuns join up with the Pashtun's in Afghanistan, and the Punjabi's join up with the Punjabi's in India, or does the fragmentation cause independence-minded thinking in the neighborhood and further destabilize everything.

Posted by Yank 2003-8-29 11:27:26 AM|| 2003-8-29 11:27:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If it comes apart, as Yank suggests, who ends up with the nukes? We could easily end up with nuclear armed militant Islamics in this scenario.

Posted by Dakotah 2003-8-29 12:05:54 PM|| 2003-8-29 12:05:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Yet another reason to get rid of nukes.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2003-8-29 12:43:05 PM|| 2003-8-29 12:43:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I would like to think Musharraf would do a South Africa and get rid of the nukes before his country fell. I would like to think so but I realize that's wishfull thinking.

Posted by Yank 2003-8-29 3:34:56 PM|| 2003-8-29 3:34:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This is more garbage from the fantasists at Asia Times. If the FBI had the kind of cooperation from Pakistan that this guy claims we have, terrorists would not be mounting cross-border raids into Afghanistan. These guys are just making excuses for Hektamayar's failure to get anything accomplished in Afghanistan except get new Taliban recruits killed in large numbers. What these pro-Taliban members of Pakistan security forces don't realize is that when roused, Uncle Sam is an extremely dangerous opponent.

If you read the anti-American newswires, you get the impression that US forces are extremely incompetent, so the Pakistani theory is that betrayal by Musharraf accounts for the failure of the neo-Talibanis. Of course, the truth is newswire reporters are incompetent and anti-American, whereas our boys are taking it to the enemy and inflicting considerable damage. But anti-American wing of the Pakistani security forces will never recognize this truth, so they resort to the theory that Musharraf is an American puppet. (I wish).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-29 4:16:15 PM|| 2003-8-29 4:16:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Asia Times is about as serious a news source as Debka.They just make this stuff up.

Posted by El Id 2003-8-29 5:10:54 PM|| 2003-8-29 5:10:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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