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Re: Pakistan – On the Brink?

Thomas_thomas — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:37:03 -0000

I am not sure I understand your text below. But
suffice it to say, that I am not very nationalistic
toward my own country (the US) and even less so toward
Pakistan (where I lived for 13 years for work). I am
52 years old and was born and raised in the US.

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Re: Pakistan – On the Brink?

Thomas_thomas — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:25:56 -0000

I am a US national, have lived and worked in Pakistan for many years since 1989 and have always felt that Afghanistan will never have peace as long as it shares a border with Pakistan. Part of this is due to Afghanistan's failure to recognize the artifical border (Durrand Line) between it and Pakistan and the resulting alliance it has alwyays had with India, much to Pakistan's annoyance. Thus the continual effort on the part of Pakistan to both destablize Afghanistan and to bring it into its fold (ie. make it into a client state), something that it will never succeed in doing. What we are seeing now is only the latest chapter of the above being played out. I cannot help but see Pakistan the eventual loser in such a game.

Re: Pakistan – On the Brink?

Thomas_thomas — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:13:58 -0000

The facts: Pakistan created, supported and armed the Taliban from its inception in 1994 for the purpose of creating a client state in Afghanistan (remember that Afghanistan has always been allied with India and that Pakistan thus saw a client state in Afghanistan as a way to neutralize this -- and the Taliban were created for this purpose). Then, it did a total turn around in 2001 under pressure from the US. Since then, Pakistan has been nettling Afghanistan, applying pressure on it by way of allowing covert support for the Taliban from its soil since stiill, to this date, Afghanistan holds animoisty towards Pakistan and is still allied with India (remeber the saying: "the more things change, the more they are the same?"). But now things have gotten out of control (when has there ever been any real control in Pakistan), and we are seeing the results of things. Pakistan need to be reigned in, and the sooner the better. The only question is: how?