US should take hard stance against Musharraf: Think tank
by Fazal Curmally on Nov 07, 2007 10:34 AM
As long as as the USA and NATO are in Afghanistan, their hands are tied and their actions against Pakistan will be nominal at best.
Any serious action could mean denial of use of airspace to and from Afghanistan and possibly logistic support. What such a move will cost Pakistan is US$960 million per annum in fees for use of these facilities. But it will cost USA and NATO quite a few of their men, their NGO manpower and equipment that will encourage and revitalise Al-Qaeda and Taliban and Afghanistan.
With these facts in mind one can decide how or what the future looks like insofar as action aagainst the imposition of emergency in Pakistan.
