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2010-08-28 India-Pakistan

Pakistanis too broken to rebuild in flood crisis

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 VERSUS

TOPIX + PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > PAK ARMY FLOOD DUTIES TO AFFECT TERROR WAR, US TOLD.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-08-28 00:14|| 2010-08-28 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Pakophile Walter Russell Mead has an interesting post to this point. Time for tough love he says. Time for India I say.

Funny how these cradles of civilization seem unable to join the modern world and somehow it's always our job to clean up their messes and hang around to take the blame for the mess they made.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-08-28 03:32|| 2010-08-28 03:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Bugger the lot They've had enough resources to finance a successful nuclear program, maintain an 'on again - off again' decades old conflict neighboring India, and provide arms and financing to terrorists in Afghanistan. Let them become an aquatic society.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-08-28 05:07|| 2010-08-28 05:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Paki/Wakiland was too broken to rebuild before the floods.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-08-28 08:10|| 2010-08-28 08:10|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't give a shit whether they rebuild or not

Posted by chris 2010-08-28 11:37|| 2010-08-28 11:37|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't give a shit whether they rebuild or not

Posted by chris 2010-08-28 11:37|| 2010-08-28 11:37|| Front Page Top

#7 We'll be glad to rebuild the country in fine style.

Hand over the nukes.

Posted by flash91 2010-08-28 13:48|| 2010-08-28 13:48|| Front Page Top

#8 If they cancel the Swedish AWACS order, the French submarine order and the Chinese fighter order they can free up tens of billions of dollars for rebuilding

Posted by john frum 2010-08-28 14:13|| 2010-08-28 14:13|| Front Page Top

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2010-08-28 14:32|| 2010-08-28 14:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Interesting post at Coming Anarchy.

A close colleague from Pakistan working in Dubai and clearly (to me) a member of Pakistans uppermost of upper class, recently met Musharraf at a Ramadan iftar (breaking of the fast) dinner. As my colleague has a very low opinion of Musharraf, I was not surprised to hear that his impression was awful. Musharraf came across as arrogant and crass, extremely self-centered, and was quick to get drunk on Scotch whiskey (Why do all those old military guys like whiskey?). The more he drank, the more he spoke openly about how he was ready to lead Pakistan again.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-08-28 15:03|| 2010-08-28 15:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Whiskey at an iftar? That seems worse than ham at a Passover seder.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-08-28 15:07|| 2010-08-28 15:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Seems to me that if the good people of Madyan banded together and turned over bin Laden to the US Military their financial problems would be over.

Just a thought.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2010-08-28 15:29|| 2010-08-28 15:29|| Front Page Top

#13 Perfect time for India to fully reclaim Kashmir...

Posted by borgboy 2010-08-28 16:53|| 2010-08-28 16:53|| Front Page Top

#14 inshalla. allah's will must not be questioned. maybe you should learn how to swim?

Posted by Hellfish 2010-08-28 17:21|| 2010-08-28 17:21|| Front Page Top

#15 Mustafa Dinghy.... to the white courtesy phone please. Mustafa Dinghy.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-08-28 19:34|| 2010-08-28 19:34|| Front Page Top

#16 Karma is a bitch

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