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India-Pakistan
No choice but to support Iran if Israel attacks: Wajid
2012-02-09
[Dawn] Pakistain's High Commissioner to Britannia Wajid Shamsul Hasan said that Pakistain would be left with no option but to support Iran if Israel attacks it.
Looking forward to takin' on dem Jooze...
In an interview to a British newspaper The Sun published Wednesday, Hasan expressed his concerns over the United States' "Drone Wars" that have taken the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians in Pakistain.

"We know the damage -- destroyed schools, communities, hospitals. They are civilians -- children, women, families. Our losses are enormous," the newspaper quoted him as saying.

"I think time is running out until the Pakistain government can take a stand. They will have to at some stage take punitive actions to stop them. They have got means to take such actions to defend their own frontier and territories," Hasan further added.

Hasan urged British Prime Minister David Cameron
... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
to convince the US that the drone attacks were counter-productive, making the American "the most hated people in the minds of the people in Pakistain."

Talking about Iran, he said: "We wouldn't like to be seen as part of Israel's campaign against any country. If Israel attacks Iran, it will have an impact on Pakistain as well."

"We will have to safeguard our own interests. We also have a Shia population in Pakistain who will not take it lying down."
Posted by:Fred

#8  D *** NG IT, no way Hitler can still be alive - I times met Him long ago + he was already massively overqualified for AARP + Social Security as a [eloquent] Super-Senior Citizen.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-02-09 22:26  

#7  Personally I do not wish to breath Israeli fallout.

But, oh well.... There are worse things.

Yesterday I had the pleasure(?) of talking with a fellow form Hamburg. It was informative to learn that Hitler is alive and well.
Posted by: kelly   2012-02-09 18:19  

#6  I'd say India should be ready for an opportunity if the Pak air force goes West.
Posted by: Rjschwarz   2012-02-09 13:16  

#5  Pakistan claims its pilots fought successfully against Israel in the '67 and '73 Arab-Israeli wars.

With that kind of support, Iran is sunk.
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-02-09 11:40  

#4  Maybe Israel could make a deal with India to turn Pak into a nuclear test site for neutron bombs.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-02-09 08:30  

#3  Paks are taught from a young age to hate USA Israel and India
Posted by: Paul D   2012-02-09 07:04  

#2  Send them a nicely worded condolences note.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-02-09 05:42  

#1  Nice try, Wajid, but no Subway Hoagie for you today - AFGANISTAN, CENTASIA, + CAUCASIA, i.e sovereign lands once controlled by ancient Persia + Seljiks, etc., is IMO more in danger of being territorially used by contempor Iran as a new, physical anti-US Nuke-WMDS "Ho Chi Minh Trail" than distant Pakistan is.

PAK is at best a secondary or minor support front unless a US-Iran War expands outside of Iran proper.

OTOH, PAK'S LR NUKES + PRO-IRAN ISLAMISTS IN GOVTSHARE WOULD BE MOST USEFUL TO TEHRAN, ESPEC IN DETERRING US-NATO STRIKES AGZ DEFENDING IRANIAN MIL + BASIJ FORCES BOTH DOMESTIC + OUTSIDE OF IRAN.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-02-09 00:50  

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