Comments on: Pakistan more dangerous than Iraq ?

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:25:18 +0000

It’s all very well and good to say Pakistan is our friend but the terrorists seem always to come from there some terrorist training camp in Pakistan why would we not target them. On the other hand there is more than enough evidence that people who come from the Madrases are learning their hatred from Saudi textbooks and I have yet to hear any type of targeting of Saudi Arabia. I think Pakistan is getting a bum rap the Saudis can have their cake and eat it too our corrupt government will make sure of that.

By: WAZ

WAZ — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:22:15 +0000

Well all the statements regarding terrorism and Pakistan, have any one thought about the sacrifices Pakistan has made fighting America’s holy war. How many innocent Pakistanis died in suicide bombing. How many soldiers we lost against terrorists. no one wants to do the statistics……..

By: Kamal Siddiqi

Kamal Siddiqi — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:08:35 +0000

The article is very interesting. For a Pakistan based journalist like myself, I find it very informative. The posts that follow it try to defend US or Pakistan. This is not the issue. I think what the writer has written is quite an incisive analysis of what is happening. A wake up call for us all

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:46:21 +0000

CIA did not sponsor no one they all asked for help.
Pakistan is receiving millions of dollars from US in Aid,Pakistani should utilize this aid to be successful and friendly state instead of creating terrorist sanctuaries in tribal area’s and radicalization of their younger generation to hate NON Muslims of world,US and the west

By: zy

zy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:32:48 +0000

In 60s, CIA sponsorded Leopoldo Galtieri.
In 70s, CIA sponsorded Bin Laden.
In 80s, CIA sponsorded Saddam.
Now CIA sponsorded Dala Lama.

By: barry

barry — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:40:55 +0000

In the UK and Canada, most of the Pakistanis and Bangladeshis seem to hate the US. But I think most Pakistanis and Bangladeshis would run to the US in a heartbeat if given a green card. Therein lies the hypocrisy.

By: david

david — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:31:53 +0000

I think that quite a few of the comments are by Pakistanis posing as Americans or Brits. But they should not fear criticism in any case. Pakistan may irrevocably become a failed state, like Afghanistan and Iraq, if it makes no attempt to embrace modernity and civility.

By: Narine

Narine — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:22:28 +0000

I fully agree that Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world, even more dangerous than Iraq. What makes it so, is the presence of all the elements/factors, including particularly the protection that the political combine of the ISI-Military-Mullahs-Terror Groups-Madrassas and the presence of nuclear weapons. This country was never a country in the first place, but was an elixir of hatred, revenge, failure, fanaticism, disappointment, jealousy, and purposelessness, of which Pakistanis have drunk deeply and that manifested itself as a country, hence clean drinking water, education, agriculture and food, commerce, and overall development - other than terrorist bases and training camps - are not priorities. They are bewildered at their lostness, and by their inability to define themselves other than their relationship with other countries, such as with China \’an all-weather friend\’ in whose trust the Chinese bask; with the US \’a vicious love-hate-fear relationship\’; with India \’hateful pagans that should be exterminated and which endeavor soaks the greatest part of their annual budget; with the Arab states coveting approval as \’great and loyal Muslims who developed the first Islamic bomb\’. But this is not nation building. Living at peace with neighbors is, not murdering hundreds of them in bombings in Bombay and New Delhi, New York, London, and then holding them up as heroes and giving to the murderers the highest seat in Pakistan. Today this country is ridden with so many terrorist organizations including al Qeada, ungovernable, uncivilized, and backward people most, not all, living in the federally administered territories, where the only schools that would be welcomed is a terrorist training camp and a madrassa. God forbid that someone would build an engineering school in these areas. Is this nation building? This is a suicide mission; the problem is that the bomb is nuclear, and is strapped around the whole nation and when it explodes, the blowback would be devastating to all, particularly Pakistan, which would enjoy a mandated splintering. This country lacks the moral stamina and just governance to hold, let alone use nuclear weapons. It has shown, however, that it has the collective will, as we have seen in Bhutto, to chart a new future and to foreswear terror, and wars against their neighbors and \’friends\’. Incidentally, Pakistan is China\’s gateway to the Middle East, and to the oil resources and markets there. It isn\’t in love with Pakistan; it is strictly a geopolitical and economic expedient. It has recruited Pakistan, for pretty cheap to secure and watch its western flank, but wait till the weather changes and we would be able to tell whether they are really all-weather friends. Oh, by the way, they are worse than pagans, because they don\’t even believe in God.

By: Patrick Hendrickson

Patrick Hendrickson — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:33:12 +0000

It’s obvious that some of the people who responded to this topic, rode the little bus to school.

By: Asif

Asif — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:37:46 +0000

We will stand alongside Iran and thrawt any US agression. US is the only modern politico-terrorist state.