I congrtualate Mr. Bhadrakumar on writing a superb and well written article. You are right on. Mr. Bhadrakumar correctly analyzed the intricacies and nuances of Pakistan and world politics. As they say "don't send Checker players to a chess game". His analysis is poignant and almost devoid of the usual anti-Pakistan rhetoric so prevalent on these pages--as the comments posted here will exemplify. A shining light in a well of darkness.
RE:The US cannot dictate to Pakistan
by Sam Jay on Aug 15, 2007 04:18 AM Permalink
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.
RE:The US cannot dictate to Pakistan
by Tim on Aug 15, 2007 07:55 AM Permalink
Most of the things you saymay be true. But do you know why that you guys stopped hunting Bin Laden and went to Iraq.
Here is the reason. If you finish hunting him in Afganistan then you would have no hold on that country(Dont forget the Natural Gas).
2nd Sadaam threatened to switch to Euro for all the oil dealings and if it had happened then the Dollar would have plunged. All the WMD and things are just an eyewash.
Today%u2019s so-called %u201Cdollar%u201D only purchases five cents of what it purchased in the 1930s, 10 cents of what it purchased in the 1960s and 1970s, and maybe 50 cents of what it bought in the 1980s. So the %u201Ccrash%u201D of the paper dollar system is not something that is soon to happen; it is already happening.
The government and the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank want you to think inflation is under control. But the truth is, the dollar is crashing from inflation.
In reality, according to those economists who can think and are not brainwashed, it is well known that hiking interest rates is inflationary. What it does is to increase the cost of doing business. And since virtually everyone is in debt, it forces businesses to charge their customers more.
But what you probably did not hear about, and should have, was the ending of the %u201CM3%u201D reports, on March 23. The Fed discontinued publishing M3 figures after that date.
If they publish then every country would start switching to Euro. So stop all this US Bullshit and see the reality.
RE:RE:The US cannot dictate to Pakistan
by mr on Aug 15, 2007 08:21 AM Permalink
Who said saddam doesn't have WMD. He transferred truck load just before the attack to neighboring countries. I never use paper any more here, only plastic, just swap. Didn't see the paper for long time.
RE:The US cannot dictate to Pakistan
by Firelite on Aug 15, 2007 09:49 AM Permalink
It is sad that there are still people telling that saddam had WMD. Either he must have been smoking weed or too drunk to think or may be working for Cheney, rumsfield, Karl Rove et al...
