Karzai threatens to send Afganistan Army into Pakistan

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  1. gauharjk

    gauharjk Notable Member

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    #241
    Well, you can still bribe the Pakistani "leaders", and they would agree to give you all the Nukes through the back door. Pakistani "democracy" is the most corrupt in the whole world. This is the problem in the entire subcontinent. Short-sighted, self-serving corrupt people... Not just politicians, but down the chain to every bureaucratic institution, from the chief to the clerk...
     
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  2. Will.Spencer

    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    #242
    It's not exactly option one.

    What will happen is a purge of the ISI by the Pakistani government.

    Whether it's an effective purge or just a "for show" purge -- only time will tell.
     
    Will.Spencer, Jul 31, 2008 IP
  3. Rebecca

    Rebecca Prominent Member

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    #243
    You're probably right. Thought this might interest you:
    Australia is offering aid to Pakistan to help fight terrorism.
    source

    Hopefully, not just for show.
     
    Rebecca, Jul 31, 2008 IP
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    gworld Prominent Member

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    #244
    Or it can be the purge of Pakistani government by ISI. Military was, is and will be the real power in Pakistan and not the government. :D
     
    gworld, Aug 1, 2008 IP
  5. bogart

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    #245
    That's a big problem. The ISI is not going to give up the nukes and maybe they already control them.

     
    bogart, Aug 1, 2008 IP
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    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    #246
    That's a possible "middle path" for the Pakistani's.

    The ISI is far from synonymous with the Pakistani military. The ISI is closer in design and function to the old Soviet KGB.
     
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  7. gworld

    gworld Prominent Member

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    #247
    Some how it is not even surprising anymore, how much you don't know. :rolleyes::D
     
    gworld, Aug 1, 2008 IP
  8. bogart

    bogart Notable Member

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    The ISI, as it's known, is part of the Pakistani military, headed by a senior Army general and subject to the military chain of command.

    The ISI receives US funding and at the sane time supports the Taliban. Pakistan doesn't want to see Afghanistan allied with India to its west, and many Pakistanis think the U.S.-backed regime of Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai tilts toward India .

    "Nobody in Pakistan wants to see America win," said Hamid Gul , a retired general who's a former director-general of the ISI. "That would spell danger to Pakistan in the long run.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080802/wl_mcclatchy/3007280
     
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    #249
    Thought this was interesting...
     
    Rebecca, Aug 2, 2008 IP
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    #250
    Considering that Pakistain receives military aid and is a nuclear state, the general anti-american views of the population are cause for alarm.
     
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    does anyone wonder why? :rolleyes:

    I forgot they are jealous to American's "freedom". :rolleyes:
     
    gworld, Aug 2, 2008 IP