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To: MimirsWell

From what you said, it sounds like Pakistan’s military has two things going for it: the people’s need for it to continually fight outlaw terrorists, and the people’s need for it to face India.

But if the first part only came into play after 9/11, maybe it is a luxury item. They will always have Kashmir and India, so maybe they can be pressured (from the inside) to give up those with ideological ties to the terrorists.

Also, from India’s point of view, it’s a double whammy — they are really fighting two Pakistans, and I don’t think that’s sustainable.


11 posted on 12/12/2008 11:51:24 AM PST by freeper4u
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To: freeper4u

There are 2 Pakistans but we are not fighting both. We are fighting the Military-ISI-Islamist nexus Pakistan while we want to give the civilian Pakistan a chance to set it right. The reason we haven’t threatened war on Pakistan in serious terms like by deploying our forces on the border is because that will play into the hands of the former. They will stage a coup and take over the country again like they always have.


12 posted on 12/12/2008 6:08:47 PM PST by MimirsWell (Ceterum censeo Pakistaninem esse delendam)
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