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Pakistan's Role in the War on Terror - More Questions than Answers
India Defence ^ | August 17, 2006 | John E. Carey

Posted on 08/17/2006 6:34:36 AM PDT by John Carey

After last week's dramatic bagging of suspected airline bombers, one of the subtexts of the story still emerging is the key cooperation and involvement of Pakistan's government and intelligence services.

Widespread media reporting on Pakistan's role as super-partner of the U.S. and Britain in the war against terror needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

The complexities of Pakistan are not well understood in the west. As Sumit Ganguly, author of "Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947," reported in Foreign Affairs, "Given the signal importance of Pakistan to U.S. foreign policy these days, the lack of informed commentary on the country is striking."

Dr. Ganguly is Professor ,,,,

(Excerpt) Read more at india-defence.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globaljihad; gwot; india; islamicnazis; pakistan; waronterror; wot

1 posted on 08/17/2006 6:34:37 AM PDT by John Carey
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To: John Carey

Great piece. A must read for the dunces in our State Department.


2 posted on 08/17/2006 6:41:05 AM PDT by Saberwielder
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To: John Carey

From heroin dealing to BCCI to nuclear proliferation, Pakistan has been the nexus of Muslim evil for the past several decades.


3 posted on 08/17/2006 7:11:17 AM PDT by angkor
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To: John Carey

time to cull the herd


4 posted on 08/17/2006 8:32:00 AM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (level headed analyst here...armed to the teeth)
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