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| 'America Knows...' |
| 2010-06-22 |
| Two Key international news groups on Saturday criticised Pakistan's army in particular General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff The Boston Globe wrote in an editorial :"(President) Obama should make a few things clear to the General: that America knows the extent of the ISI's backing of the Taliban; that Pakistan Army will not keep getting money and weapons from Washington if it goes on backing groups that kill American soldiers." "If Pakistan does not end all support for its Taliban proxies, the US will seek India's assistance in stabilising Afghanistan," it said. The Boston Globe editorial also said: "The US and the NATO cannot endure an open-ended military commitment in Afghanistan. But they know - or should know - that there can be no hope of ending the war unless Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency stops arming, funding and training Afghan insurgent groups." "Pakistan originally sponsored the Taliban in the mid-90s as a proxy force that could ensure Afghanistan would be friendly to Pakistan and not be absorbed into an Indian sphere of influence. Anxiety about India's role in Afghanistan remains the driving force behind the ISI's support for the Taliban.", adds the Boston Globe. The Economist under the title: "Land of the impure: Don't blame the army for all Pakistan's problems. Just most of them." "Three score years and a bit after its founding, Pakistan-which means land of the pure-still struggles to look like a nation. Economically backward, politically stunted and terrorised by religious extremists, it would be enough to make anyone nervous, even if it did not have nuclear weapons. For these shortcomings, most of the blame should be laid at the door of the army, which claims, more than any other institution, to embody nationhood," it said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "If Pakistan does not end all support for its Taliban proxies, the US will seek India's assistance in stabilising There. NOW you will get their attention. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2010-06-22 13:49 |
| #1 too little and too late. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2010-06-22 04:40 |