> Please enlighten us mortals, how exactly is the idea stupid.
(groan) A self-apparent truth shouldn’t need spelling out, but let’s look at your stupid idea anyrate:
>> Our Government should get out of Pakistan and let India deal with it.
Why is this a stupid idea? Let us count the ways:
1) Pakistan is an ally of the US in the WOT and its current government is hanging on by a thread
2) America does not need any more enemies in the Muslim world: you have more than plenty already, and certainly more than you are able to deal with in a timely fashion
3) Pakistan is nuclear-capable and would not mind test-driving its nukes. India would love to respond in kind. Nuclear war would be the certain outcome of a clash between the two, and most people believe that would be highly undesirable. I do
4) India attacking Pakistan would not solve the particular problem outlined in the story
5) If the Pakistan / India tensions were as easy as “letting India deal with it” they would have been resolved years ago, long before Americans looked at their atlas and discovered Pakistan (that’s the country to the upper-left of India, the funny-shaped one to the right of Afghanistan)
6) You’ll never catch Bin Laden or any other of the al Qaeda bad-heads hiding out in Pakistan if America withdraws support for the current government. Truth is, six years on and you’re having enough trouble catching him anyrate, even with the help of the NZ SAS
The list could go on and on and on as to why it’s a stupid idea. I think six reasons are sufficient.
*DieHard*
Oh ok duh....
(I will indulge you and let you pretend you are super intelligent.)
“1) Pakistan is an ally of the US in the WOT “
Thats the first and the biggest misconception and for you.....its a sure give away that you have no idea or knowledge about Pakistan.
“2) America does not need any more enemies in the Muslim world: you have more than plenty already, and certainly more than you are able to deal with in a timely fashion”
If you have enemies, you have enemies. You can choose your friends, not enemies. Closing your eyes and and pretending that the Pakees are your friend wont make actually make them your friend.
“3) Pakistan is nuclear-capable and would not mind test-driving its nukes. India would love to respond in kind. Nuclear war would be the certain outcome of a clash between the two, and most people believe that would be highly undesirable. I do”
If they actually get hell bent on using the nukes you think America treating them like friendly allies will help stop them?
“4) India attacking Pakistan would not solve the particular problem outlined in the story”
On the contrary it actually would, if only America had any sense to realise that.
“5) If the Pakistan / India tensions were as easy as “letting India deal with it” they would have been resolved years ago,”
How so? When was the last time India was allowed to take care of Pakistan without America intervening to save Pakistan’s ass?
“long before Americans looked at their atlas and discovered Pakistan “
America “discovered” Pakistan and been handling them ever since the 60s. Rather America should have been able to solve the Pakistani problem by now....... if only their big idea was actually meant to work.
“long before Americans looked at their atlas and discovered Pakistan “
Spare me the geography lesson kid, I am originally Indian and been across 3 different continents. The Kiwis too have a funny shape.
” Truth is, six years on and you’re having enough trouble catching him anyrate, even with the help of the NZ SAS”
Had not been for the Pakistani government and ISI doing their best to hide OBL, I would say 6 years on and still couldn’t catch him........the NZ SAS cant catch a chicken. What you actually need to do is withdraw support for the Paki government if you want to catch him.
I bet you are “rooting” for Pak. You would know what I am talking about if you are a real Kiwi ;)
“The list could go on and on and on as to why it’s a stupid idea. I think six reasons are sufficient.”
You could have enlightened him a little more gently, you know. Could be he’s just not as informed as you are.