Al-Qaeda HQ 'based in Pakistan'

Insults are the last resort of the intellectually challenged. No matter how many mistake I make, India will never go into Waziristan. I think you must one of those extreme Indian chauvanists to think it is even a reasonable suggestion. but, of course, you choose to pick at my faults instead of defending your ridiculous suggestion. I apologize for my shortcomings.. but you are stuck with yours.

For a moment,let's drool over what might have been-

Just prior to the end of British rule in the subcontinent-the most popular leaders in the NWFP incl. Waziristan were Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan aka the frontier Gandhi & Khan Sahib,who headed the provincial government there.Both those leaders were in favour of asceding to the Indian Union or Independence & not integrating with Pakistan.The the Muslim League(with encouragement from Britain),fomented violence & played up tribal tensions prior to a referendum there.The Frontier Gandhi & Khan Sahib decided to boycott those elections-despite opposition from figures like Sardar Patel & even Nehru.The Muslim League won those elections by a whisker-Things could have been SO DIFFERENT if they contested.

You were the one to start with insults, and I accept your admission of being mentally challenged. Also, if you can't sleep in the bed you make, go to the DU site and whine over there.

Regarding India going to Waziristan, you haven't come up with any constructive comments at all. Just like a liberal dummie, you can criticize, but you don't have any ideas of your own.

If you have ideas, state them. Stand for something rather than trying (dismally) to denigrate others.

My limited understanding is that most of the Pakis, along with Paki Intelligence, support Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Musharraf and the Army are our ally, as long as its not too difficult and the goodies keep coming.

The Pakistani army & it's intelligence agency,the ISI,created the Taliban-well that's a fact everyone knows.As I have said many times,the ISI is not independent of the army.A vast chunk of officers & resources come from the army.It suits the Generals to allow the impression that the ISI is shady to flourish.There is clearly popular support for Islamic extremism in Pakistan,but when have such political parties ever come to power there???The MMA did well in 2002, because of the support of Musharraf who wanted to undercut votes to the opposition alliance.The army sustains these groups so that it's position is not compromised esp in trouble spots like the NWFP,Sindh or POK.The point here being these Islamic groups are not as omnipotent as many people think,because Pakistan is a seriously divided countries on ethnic & religious(Shia-Sunni) terms-the army is the only institution in Pakistan which draws members from all regions(though it too is dominated by Punjabis).

The Army keeps playing the game you talk about -playing both sides in order to keep it's position intact.

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