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tartufe 12/08/2008 12:26 AM Report
The US military via the air force and their missile firing drones are creating long term enemies that are now bringing predictions of non-nuclear mass destruction attacks in the foreseeable future. Our arrogance in our 30:1 proportion of civilians to bad guy kill will come home to roost. An aggregation of all Pakistan civilians killed will justify (rightly or wrongly) a terrorist attack - massive or otherwise.
The objective in Afghanistan and Pakistan is fanciful and doubtless illusive. What would victory be? Would we leave if Osama bin Laden were dead (whether by old age or missile fire)? Another will take his place. Then what? Do we stay until they vote us out a la Iraq?
Another 9/11 type attack is more likely the longer we stay than were we to leave tomorrow.
What goes around comes around. Technology is transferable - from nukes to missile firing drones.
How many civilian deaths would the arrogant jingos deem acceptable in Peoria?
MPCalifornia 12/03/2008 05:09 PM Report
Mr. Haqqani has written a dispassionate analysis on South Asian Jihadi groups and acknowledges that Pakistan has sponsored these groups. It is to be expected that he would not be publicly willing to acknowledge the Pakistani links in Mumbai terror since he is now the ambassador. But sensible people like him should work towards arresting the well known perpetrators still at large. The rhetoric by the Pakistani President to offer full cooperation does not mean much if they are unwilling to bring the perpetrators to justice.
jzakariya 12/03/2008 07:36 AM Report
Mr. DavLev
You can expect nothing from Pakistan and you should not. It is the US that is the major reason that the jihadists and the Taliban came into existence in the first place. You are reaping what you sowed and pouring trillions of dollars into bombing the Frontier province and Afghanistan gives you right to NOTHING.
The only country in the world to use nuclear weapons in war has no right to tell anyone anything. Set your own house in order and if you want to pour money into rectifying your follies of the past, spend it on building infrastructure and educational institutions so that the people in those areas have other things to do than become human bombs. (and while you're at it spend a few dollars on education in your own country because if your English skills are anything to go by, the Taleban are the least of America's problems !)
bobtripp 12/02/2008 11:57 PM Report
Mr. Haqqani sounds genuine like his PM and President but they all flip flop. Once India finds hard evidence this same guy will change positions. This new Pakistani govt. hardly controls anything as the military call the shots. It is the military who have created and nurtured these terrorists. It is just as someone said on CNN the other day that they have a tiger and now they cannot ride it. These guys can be overthrown anytime. In any case, the world knows how much money was bamboozled by mr. zardari that he was kept in jail for many years. The world needs to be honest an dtake action as Pakistan is the breeding ground for global terrorism.
DavLev 12/02/2008 03:42 PM Report
Pakistan claims not responsible for the massacre. But I would have asked why it does not allow US troops and drones to intercept terrorists, who go back and forth to Afghanistan? Why hasn't it finally settled our account with Bin Ladin, who is believed hiding there? Why is the US so criticized for it's actions, which, ultimately, will save Afghantistan and the region from the Islamists? Why hasn't Mr. Kahn, who supplied Libya, No. korea and Iran with invaluable nuclear information, only under house arrest, when the US executed our own spies decades ago for giving irrelevant and useless information? Should we not expect more from a country which received billions from US and squandered same? Of course the skilled officials will say anything to excuse themselves. With over 100 nukes each, Pakistan (and India) must be held accountable for everything they do. Can we be quaranteed that next time, terrorists from Pakistan will not have access to nuclear weapons?