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2004-03-21 Afghanistan/South Asia

Pakistan doesn't have a clue who's holed up in Waziristan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-21 12:00:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is where the real threat is... The threat from Pakistan, and from it's unstable goverment, to the world is much great than any threat that the former Iraqi regime may have posed.

Posted by Aakash 2004-3-21 12:18:25 AM|| [http://uis.blogspot.com] 2004-3-21 12:18:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The threat from Pakistan, and from it's unstable goverment, to the world is much great than any threat that the former Iraqi regime may have posed.

Actually, no. Unlike Iraq, Pakistan is surrounded by strong countries on every side - Iran, China, India and now US-occupied Afghanistan. Unlike Iraq, Pakistan does not have oil, which limits the resources it can devote to developing weapons technology. Unlike Iraq, Pakistan is not close to (and can't threaten) 2/3 of the world's oil reserves. Also, unlike pre-war Iraq, Pakistan is cooperating with the US on weapons of mass destruction. More to the point, unlike Iraq, Pakistan has had a long history of cooperating with the US against Soviet expansionism - these decades-long ties are water under the bridge, but have left some memory of the good old days in the Pakistani establishment.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-3-21 12:56:45 AM|| 2004-3-21 12:56:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm not going to respond to this right now, but I'll provide a link to a lengthy comment post that I wrote some months ago, regarding this subject.

Here are some relevant resources:
http://terrorism.freeservers.com
http://terrorism.reallybites.com
Pakistan-Facts.com

The Bush administration's policies regarding rogue regimes like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are hypocrital, and these policies are contributing to problems overseas.

Posted by Aakash 2004-3-21 4:08:10 AM|| [http://uis.blogspot.com] 2004-3-21 4:08:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 STFU, u commie indie. U were Russia's bitch for a long time and ever since they went kapoot u were humping the US leg. Pakis hv been and are staunch ally of US. Had US not ditched Pakis in favor of forging close ties with ur cuntry (note spelling) then we would hv been a much prosperous and developed nation without these iliterate jihadis and other assholes afghis and foreign fighters lounging around. Even now is not too late for US to ditch the bitch. Economically too the US is now facing joblessness in IT and other sectors due to shifiting of major corps to the region with penny workers. And who hv spoiled the market almost in all other countries as well for decent, experienced professional trying to earn a good living. Where i live, we get chartered a/c from India willing to work for an office boy's salary. And don't even ask about the MBAs, they would work for food and shelter only. Might even clean ur car for free.

Posted by sakattack 2004-3-21 8:44:11 AM|| 2004-3-21 8:44:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 It's not 'hypocritical' when you're forced to choose among unpleasant options. It's called reality. Try some.

Posted by UncleWar 2004-3-21 9:53:25 AM|| 2004-3-21 9:53:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Unlike Iraq, Pakistan does not have oil, which limits the resources it can devote to developing weapons technology.
But they don't need oil when they can barter their nukey-tech to Jong-il in exchange for The Idiots Guide To The No-Dong. How d'you think they developed the Ghauri so fast? Don't forget KRL's strenuous efforts to turn every rogue state from the DMZ to the Atlantic into a nuclear power... OK, that's a bit unfair, AFAIK they never tried to sell stuff to Omar Hasan al-Bashir (be grateful for small mercies!)

Posted by Dave 2004-3-21 6:41:05 PM|| 2004-3-21 6:41:05 PM|| Front Page Top

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