Of course. Just build a highway from Arco or Chevron through New Texas.
Posted on 09/07/2011 10:59:23 AM PDT by ravager
United States Senator Mark Kirk just completed a two week tour of duty as a U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence Commander in Afghanistan. He says what he saw during that tour was of major importance, and feels strongly that continued aid to Pakistan “Seems naive at best and counter-productive at worst. I am seriously reconsidering and rethinking how well aid to Pakistan serves us."
The Pakistan government is providing “tremendous support” for a terror organization that operates on both sides of the Afghan/Pakistan border, and is a principle threat to our soldiers, and to the legitimate Afghan government. Kirk accuses Pakistan of duplicity and lying about support for the Taliban affiliated Haqqani Network, named for the organization’s grand master Jalaluddin Haqqani, who some feel may have surpassed Mullah Omar as the Taliban supreme leader. It is generally agreed that Jalaluddin Haqqani’s son, thirty year old Siraj, who may now hold the highest prominence.
In the past six months, the “mysterious and highly dangerous” Haqqani Network has carried out three of the four most spectacular terror attacks in Afghanistan. The Haqqani Network, held together by tribal and clan relationships, is based in the village of Dande Darpa Khel near North Waziristan, in a mountainous region of Pakistan; Zambar village in the Sabari district in Khost, Afghanistan, is the operations hub. Jalaluddin Haqqani, now elderly, once believed dead, was a recipient of U.S. aid during the Soviet-Afghan war of the 1980’s, as a leader in the fight against Soviet forces. The aid at that time was in the form of assistance from the CIA, through the ISI (Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence.) Jalaluddin Haqqani now dominates several eastern Pakistani provinces.
Senator Kirk in a speech to the Union League Club of Chicago charged that the militant Haqqani Network is backed and protected by the ISI, which is Pakistan’s powerful spy agency. "Let me be clear: many Americans died in Afghanistan because of Pakistan's ISI." Senator Kirk feels it is time to rethink "counter-productive" U.S. aid to Islamabad. "Pakistan has become the main threat to Afghanistan. Pakistan's Intelligence Service is the biggest danger to the Afghan government. It is also a tremendous threat to the lives of American troops." said Kirk. Senator Kirk calls the Haqqani Network, “The most dangerous, lethal and cancerous force in Afghanistan.”
I understand sympathy for pulling Pak support, given their behavior and alliance w China.
Our rapport w India is just fine, without providing an aid element to a Russian ally.
India is a Russian ally ONLY because of US support to Pakistan and for no other reason.
Beside India never asked for aid. Whatever “aid” there was to be given, has already been given to Pakistan to build the military parity with India. India has very good reason to ally with Russia.
Personally, I am in favor of “reaching out” to Pakistan to the maximum degree possible. In fact, I’d even like to give them nuclear weapons.
(If you know what I mean, and I think you do.)
The real consideration, is how do we supply our troops in Aghanistan without Pakistan?
ah...! Give them, ok..!
Ya mean using a really toute-de-suite method?
The real consideration should have been, how to supply troops INTO Pakistan? Answer: India would have gladly helped. However that ship has long sailed ever since.
When it comes to foreign policy, I am a big fan of giving “to each according to its need”. Simply giving away taxpayer money isn’t always the answer, y’know? Sometimes overnighting them fissile material is best.
Long since; a nuclear nation of almost 190 million Muslims, with a median male age of 21, doesn’t exactly make for a wise target.
Pakistan is a failed state. Its like insisting on remaining good friends with the neighborhood druggie because he might be able to tell you if your house would get burgled by someone he knows.
India is on its way up - Pakistan on its way down.
Through what used to be Iran, silly.
In future US and India may well have to fight them anyways. And in future they will have more people and more nukes.
Of course. Just build a highway from Arco or Chevron through New Texas.
I dunno what EXXON would be doing in Pakistan. They dont have oil.
>> I dunno what EXXON would be doing in Pakistan. They dont have oil.
They drew the short straw.
we supply it through Russia, but we get India to send more troops while we cut back. We can provide logistics etc. but the Indians have great relations with the Russians,Tajiks, Uzbeks etc — they can move troops with no issue
Russia?! Ah...not likely friend.
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