/dev/null Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...with-India.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD Jarhead Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 This is very concerning. If you wonder how the next global conflict may start, keep your eyes here. These two have nukes and the stupidity to use them. Of course, that could've been the terrorists' plan all along... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...with-India.html Same sh--, different day. One thing of note: The Taleban, al Qaeda, and Lakshar-e-Taiba are all loosely affiliated, backed by the Pakistani ISI. The ISI were all but uncontrolled under Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf for a long time was able to control the ISI, isolating the Taleban et. al. Now Musharraf is out of power, Bhutto's party is back in (Bhutto herself would be in power, if she hadn't been assassinated). So how is it at all surprising that now terrorists with connections to Pakistani intelligence are again making attacks? If the Pakistani government were smart, they'd disavow the ISI and publicly try the senior members of the organization no matter what the cost to Pakistan...because it's bound to be lower than the cost of NOT doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finknottle Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Same sh--, different day. One thing of note: The Taleban, al Qaeda, and Lakshar-e-Taiba are all loosely affiliated, backed by the Pakistani ISI. The ISI were all but uncontrolled under Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf for a long time was able to control the ISI, isolating the Taleban et. al. Now Musharraf is out of power, Bhutto's party is back in (Bhutto herself would be in power, if she hadn't been assassinated). So how is it at all surprising that now terrorists with connections to Pakistani intelligence are again making attacks? If the Pakistani government were smart, they'd disavow the ISI and publicly try the senior members of the organization no matter what the cost to Pakistan...because it's bound to be lower than the cost of NOT doing so. Getting rid of ISI is not that simple, nor even is simply having them cut off all ties. Forget about the issues of sympathy. These militant groups exist and are popular, with or without government support. The Pakistani government needs visibility into them simply to know what's going on. You can't do that without maintaining friendly liason relations - a militant is only going to talk to you if they think you are at least sympathetic. If the ISI cuts off all dialog, they alienate these groups through and through and wind up having no idea of what they are up to. That would be very dangerous, to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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