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HAS PAKISTAN BECOME THE HUB?
Three years ago I had hosted this question on this site and it was deleted/removed "Americans and British - Will no action against Pakistan come back to haunt the US?".
Today this question is the biggest problem now haunting the whole World.
Your Comments Please
1. The core issue of instability and violence in South Asia is the character, activities and persistence of the militarized Islamist-fundamentalist state in Pakistan, and no cure for this canker can be arrived at through any strategy of negotiations, support and financial aid to the military regime, or by a ‘calibrated’ transition to ‘democracy’.
2. Footprints of Terror of every major act of international Islamist terrorism invariably passes through Pakistan, right from 9/11 – where virtually all the participants had trained, resided or met in, coordinated with, or received funding, training from or through Pakistan – to major acts of terrorism across South Asia and South East Asia, as well as major networks of terror that have been discovered in Europe and Us.
1. The core issue of instability and violence in South Asia is the character, activities and persistence of the militarized Islamist-fundamentalist state in Pakistan, and no cure for this canker can be arrived at through any strategy of negotiations, support and financial aid to the military regime, or by a ‘calibrated’ transition to ‘democracy’.
2. Footprints of Terror of every major act of international Islamist terrorism invariably passes through Pakistan, right from 9/11 – where virtually all the participants had trained, resided or met in, coordinated with, or received funding, training from or through Pakistan – to major acts of terrorism across South Asia and South East Asia, as well as major networks of terror that have been discovered in Europe and US.
1. The core issue of instability and violence in South Asia is the character, activities and persistence of the militarized Islamist-fundamentalist state in Pakistan, and no cure for this canker can be arrived at through any strategy of negotiations, support and financial aid to the military regime, or by a ‘calibrated’ transition to ‘democracy’.
2. Footprints of Terror of every major act of international Islamist terrorism invariably passes through Pakistan, right from 9/11 – where virtually all the participants had trained, resided or met in, coordinated with, or received funding, training from or through Pakistan – to major acts of terrorism across South Asia and South East Asia, as well as major networks of terror that have been discovered in Europe and US.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
The Taliban and al-Qaeda’s increased latitude in Pakistan’s tribal areas has resulted in a surge of terrorist strikes throughout the region, including recent suicide bombings Pakistan.
This flood of terrorist activity is also undermining U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, where attacks against U.S. and allied forces have spiked in recent months. U.S. commanders in Afghanistan say attacks have increased in eastern Afghanistan by 40 percent since Pakistan began pursuing peace deals in the region this past spring.
Domestic Instability - A highly unstable and unpredictable political situation in Pakistan is contributing to the lack of an effective policy against the growing militant threat in the northwest. Pakistan faces severe economic imbalances created by the unexpected high oil and food prices that are threatening to lead to a foreign exchange crisis in the next few months. Additionally, the two main governing coalition partners—the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League/Nawaz (PML/N)—are still squabbling.
It is high time that US and the world address this issue on a war footing before it faces another 9/11, a number of Taliban leaders have hinted in that direction.
Appeasing Pakistan with Money and equipment will not help, what might help is the strengthening of a Democractic Govt and loosining the strangle hold of the Pak army and ISI on the civil society of Pakistan. ^---^
- 1 decade ago
Rahul,i am sure that people who like to follow world politics would have come to the same conclusion as you did at that point of time.Unfortunately for America and the world ...an un-necassary front was opened up in IRAQ...which has been a complete waste of time and resources ....
Pakistan has been the HUB which has been doing double dealing for a long time and even now if it were not for the "NUCLEAR WEAPONS" i am sure US would have taken more direct action ..but now the situation is like a quagmire ..and i suppose other players have to be brought to the table ...to participate in this war ..if we are serious to win it .....mere rhetoric wont be enough ...we saw that under GWB
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Well give yourself a pat on the back why don't you..
Anyhow; yes it's a problem, you're right. Obama will let the surviving radicals be, until they follow the vacuum back to Iraq and Afghanistan once he carefully retreats so as not to hurt any of them.
And we'll be in the same boat.
Hopefully enough time will have gone by to where they will then be fighting off Russia and China for the oil. =P
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