[Don Myers]

"Because it puts them one sliver of Pakistan away from a warm water port. "

Lets carry this thing on through. Why do they want a warm water port?

[Reweld]

In the words of Col. Killgore, "Charlie don't surf!".

[Steve0113]

Lets carry this thing on through. Why do they want a warm water port?

Because the rest of their ports are practically unusable in the winter. They have some ice-breaking ships, but a warm water port would make things infinitely easier.