Pakistan is now the world%u2019s epicenter of Islamic terrorism. There is only one short and long term answer to the Pakistani problem. First and foremost, we Americans need to understand Pakistan is not our ally and our interests do not coincide. They have been milking us for military and other aid while hoodwinking us.
1. Stop aid to Pakistan. Sanction them if they do not cooperate in the war on terror; reward them if they do cooperate by not imposing any sanctions. Giving aid/ bribing a country for doing something which they should be doing anyway in their own national interest is counter-productive in the long term. Also, sanctions is the only thing Pakistan understands.
2. Invade Pakistan with Indian help, secure the nuclear weapons and break up Pakistan into the following: Baluchistan to go to Iran (or else made independent), NWFP to Afghanistan, Kashmir and Sindh to India, Punjab to remain as the new Pakistan, a landlocked country and thus forced to cooperate. Indians understand the Pakistanis better than anyone else, and we should use their help. Actually, it should be India and not Pakistan that we should be calling our ally.
Baluchistan, NWFP, Sindh and Kashmir have belonged for thousand of years to the respective countries named above and it is best to return them to the rightful owners. Once the NWFP rejoins Afghanistan, then it will far easier for the coalition forces to root out terrorism from the joint province.
