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2009-05-05 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2009-05-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 I like this thinking. But, we do need lines of communication into Afghanistan for the time being.

Obama's strategy of ramping up there while simultaneously challenging the Paks seems potentially contradictory. Regardless, we do need to make it clear that India is a real ally while whatever we do with Pakland is transactional.

Posted by JAB 2009-05-05 00:58|| 2009-05-05 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 As long as Pakistan's obsessed India-haters know there won't be any penalties for terrorism, they'll keep at it. The formula isn't hard to figure out.

Now that Obama is in power, I wonder how long that dynamic will remain. Just as Israel has quickly grown up and realized they need to quit looking to the USA for approval and protection and take responsibility for their own safety, India may quickly come to the same conclusion.

There is no longer any reason for these countries to fear a reaction from the Obama administration, as it would probably be little more than a sternly worded letter written by UN bureaucrats or at worst sanctions. I would not be surprised if we see many of the European nations quickly grow up as well.

America has become a corrupt banana republic. I'm not sure exactly on what day we woke up and realized that our government is little different than that of Hugo Chavez or Robert Mugabe, but woke up we did. And I suspect that other countries are beginning to also process this reality.

Obama has printed so much money in the last 100 days, that what will it matter if he offers them trillions of US dollars? If American citizens continue to be helpless to stop the out right theft of the wealth of those who produce goods and services the promises of aid from the US will be about as meaningful as promises from Zimbabwe.

Posted by Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-05-05 01:27|| 2009-05-05 01:27|| Front Page Top

#3 I still call Washington DC the whore of babylon.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-05-05 02:26|| 2009-05-05 02:26|| Front Page Top

#4 You want people to betray things while you prosecute them? Moon under the feet.

Betrayal on global scale will get someone killed around here.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-05-05 02:31|| 2009-05-05 02:31|| Front Page Top

#5 In agreement with ALL of the above. Adding to Barry's problems is the recently released news that (as predicted here) the train has finally reached the station and China no longer desires to buy additional US debt.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-05 07:54|| 2009-05-05 07:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope someone in Washington is reading this. Sadly, it will probably be many years before this becomes common knowledge "inside the beltway".

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2009-05-05 08:27|| 2009-05-05 08:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Long-term we absolutely DO need to build strong ties with India. It's certainly more important than Pakistan. Bigger, more civilized, more educated, English is generally spoken. And the Chinese already have them in their cross-hairs (see Nepal actions.)
Short term, we cannot abandon Pakistan. Not while we have to supply a major Afghanistan operation (unless we REALLY support India and open a new INDIAN supply route through Islamabad.)
Hillary (and Zero) need to walk gently right now.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-05-05 13:03|| 2009-05-05 13:03|| Front Page Top

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