[swarthyguy]

Appoint Guiliani as a joint ambassador to Islamabad/NewDelhi.

[mikeIII]

Alright, India be damned! But why aren't we taking action against Pak for our own sake?

[happygrl]

The Indians particularly distrust Powell, who even members of the Bush team admit has established a kinship of "fellow generals" with Musharraf.

WHy does Powell always sympathize with the terrorist side ?

Why do we have double dealing strategies with other nations who need to get tough with terrorists ?

Sympathy for the devil, that's why.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

During the cold war, India was a client of the Soviet Union. Pakistan was a client of the United States. India is the world's largest democracy and has a stable civilian government with a professional army -- never a coup. Pakistan has a long history of coups with a very unprofessional army (ie, there are rogue elements not under civilian control).

[ConsistentLibertarian]

Don't be too hard on Bush. He didn't know any better. He's just figuring out that peace in the Middle East is a vital national security interest.

[Wright is right!]

Apparently Kaplan hasn't figgered out that the PakiIndics were just about due for a blowup anyway. When you have so many world economies using South Asia as a military playground, stuff like this is bound to happen. X42(i) allowed conditions all across the Mideast-to-South Asia to deteriorate to the point where once the terror attacks on the US began, the rest of the region would be on high powder-keg alert. It's Kaplan who needs a dose of reality.

Michael

[browardchad]

Blackwill--the subject of a State Department inspector-general review for what an official called in The Washington Post "treat[ing] his staff like furniture"--may soon be departing the region as well

He sat on his staff? How undiplomatic. If the State Department doesn't like him, he's probably an honest guy.

[atc]

Sad to say, but this looks like a circus - time to get Powell out of there.