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2006-10-04 India-Pakistan

Pakistan is lost -- we better get used to that fact

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Posted by john 2006-10-04 06:17|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pakistan must be included in the new Axis of evil with Iran and N Korea.

Posted by Cheregum Crelet7867 2006-10-04 07:46|| 2006-10-04 07:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Pakistan was never a true ally, merely willing to be threatened and bribed not to stand openly on the other side. How could it be otherwise when we are kuffir, and they the denizens of the Land of the Pure of Islam? Not to mention the Taliban being a wholly owned subsidiary of the ISI, Al Qaeda just short of a joint development project between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and AQ Khan's Muslim nuclear bomb project having the support of both military and civil governments for the last 20 years or so, both in the development and proliferation phases?

But I would like to think that Musharref's surrender of Waziristan has already opened the way for our guys to pursue the bad guys across the border, and to hunt down those who've brazenly made the area their headquarters for the planned Reconquista of Afghanistan. And rather than a disaster, this is a distinct opportunity for us to do what's necessary without too much fussing from the capitol.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-04 07:57|| 2006-10-04 07:57|| Front Page Top

#3 As my mother used to say, "Things aren't good or bad. They are merely better or worse than the alternatives.

Criticize Musharaf to your heart's content, but until I hear what your alternative is/are (and BTW consult a map) it's just pointless blather.

Posted by phil_b 2006-10-04 10:44|| 2006-10-04 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 "Pakistan was never a true ally, merely willing to be threatened and bribed not to stand openly on the other side"

Exactamundo. Same could be said for most of our 'Allies'.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-04 10:48|| 2006-10-04 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 This is not necessarily a great loss. A friend of mine served with the Marines in Somalia and said the Pakistani troops were worse than his local neighborhood watch (who had no military training).

The Pakis were totally intimidated by the Somalis, and we know what great soldiers they are.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2006-10-04 12:32|| 2006-10-04 12:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Pakistan would be easy to crack, it is basically a series of small independent states hobbled together by pride and force. If we apply the right pressure we could see an independent Baluchistan and Punjab.

Waziristan can be given to Afghanistan and the Kashmir question will resolve itself in India's favor with Pakistan gone.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-10-04 12:44|| 2006-10-04 12:44|| Front Page Top

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