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2010-12-21 India-Pakistan

Slow Joe: Al-Qaeda trying to bring down Pak

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Posted by gorb 2010-12-21 01:35|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 If Pakistan were to fall apart into a few smaller states it would be a good thing. If they were to fall apart into a giant Somalia-like failed state it would be a nightmare.

Hopefully the individual ethnic groups in Pakistan have enough cohesion/leadership that the first option is more likely than the second. India should be talking to folks in Baluchistan, the Punjab and Kashmir about their accepting neutral/independent states in those territories if, god forbid, Pakistan should dissolve.

Might even be worthwhile to start dealing with their own Punjab area as they are likely to have some uncomfortable questions popping up if Pakistan's Punjab gains independence.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-12-21 11:39|| 2010-12-21 11:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Yah, Punjabis form over half the population. Like Sindh, Secularism isn't totally anathema. The biggest drag on Pakistan is the Balochi and Pashto savages. I am indifferent to accusations of excessive force against them.

I wonder how Paki muslims treat the fact that their god entity - "allah" - placed the world's deepest concentration of flesh eating carrion birds, in their country. I guess: Pakistan disleases "allah."

Posted by Grosing Turkeyneck5386 2010-12-21 18:35|| 2010-12-21 18:35|| Front Page Top

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