Comments on: The Taliban “spillover” into Pakistan’s Baluchistan

By: Aamir Ali

Aamir Ali — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:52:20 +0000

The West is contantly demanding that Pakistan stop the alleged flow of militants from its side, so now the West should do the same. Instead they mount an operation and expect Pakistan to control the flow from both sides. How unfair.

By: mohammad Anjum

mohammad Anjum — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:55:02 +0000

Americans and their allies will choke with no path ahead in Afghanistan. They are used to short term solutions and do not have a history of making long term decisions. They are trying to get out of Afghanistan with a face saving act. Afghanistan cannot be set right overnight. Its culture is very ancient and very deep. As soon as the Americans leave, war lords will pick up their weapons and go to war with each other. Imagine being a neighbor of such a nation. That is why Pakistan tried to bring order by creating the Taliban and it worked. The only problem is that Taliban would only go so far as to listen to Pakistan and had its own agenda. The mistake on their part is their fierce support of Al Qaeda against all odds.In the long run, Americans will leave. And Afghanistan will return to its old ways and Pakistan will be burdened with refugees and will be forced to act on its own. And Taliban will return. There is no other way to bring stability to Afghanistan. To the Western eyes the Taliban appears brute and primitive. But that is the only thing that can contain the elements inside Afghanistan.So I simply do not know what the American objective in the region is – is to get the Al Qaeda leaders? is to bring democracy in Afghanistan? is it to control the region remotely? They can never wipe out terrorism from the face of the earth. They need to state their objective correctly first before dropping their bombs. They have simply added to the chaos. Pakistan was a stable nation before they entered the picture. Now its has been forced to bear the brunt of everything and accused of all ills. Pakistan’s objectives are local and never global. We have our own issues and external threats to deal with.The Americans will never win this war. They will create more chaos and more wars. With their economy on the brink, they will make some really foolish short term decision that will make things much worse than before. And the Indians will celebrate it. This is the moment where all Pakistanis have to stay together and fight with the greatest resolve. And we will.

By: Irfan - Iran

Irfan - Iran — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:51:41 +0000

Terror started from ISI HQ in Islamabad.War on terror will end when someone will flatten ISI HQ with all inhabitants inside.More we delay .. more innocent lives lost everyday.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:50:21 +0000

Umair writes: “You and the rest of the world know the consequences of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. You and the rest of the world better stay out of Pakistan, because there are WUDs(Weapons of Ultimate Destruction) in Pakistan; I am talking about the nukes. You must be dead sure you really want to attack Pakistan before you attack. Lets see if you have the stomach for a war with Pakistan.”Have you read Keith’s comments in reply to your boasts on Pakistan’s preparedness for war? For your reference:http://blogs.reuters.com/pakis tan/2009/07/17/taking-the-fight-to-pakis tan-from-afghanistan/#commentsI like this quote “Amateurs talk weapons, professionals talk logistics.”

By: rajeev

rajeev — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:31:37 +0000

@You and the rest of the world better stay out of Pakistan, because there are WUDs(Weapons of Ultimate Destruction) in Pakistan; I am talking about the nukes. You must be dead sure you really want to attack Pakistan before you attack. Lets see if you have the stomach for a war with Pakistan.- Posted by Umair–Oh, please do not scare Costanza/Americans/the rest of the world because the rest of the world does not have the nuclear technology yet. Pakistan is so advanced that it is learning to fly the planes using water. US-Pak war (what a joke!) means toal withdraw of financial aid, preventing the world bodies to help also and squeezing the oil supplies. Talking about “rest of the world”, Chinese are not getting into this mess to help Pakistan for their own reasons. They did not help in 1971, and this is 2009. Indians no nothing about fight and has yet to learn to spell NUCLEAR, so INDIA might be very susceptible plus India lost all the wars against Pak makes it all the more valid (..lol).Now please please please do not hurt America and the rest of the world with your Nukes since Pakistan has 170 million strong population and a professional army, while the rest of the world is just over a tiny billion with un-professional army.Do not give heart attacks to the bloggers…too much laugh can cause that.

By: Umair

Umair — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:33:35 +0000

Costanza writes:” It’s about time that we & the rest of the world wake up to the sinister designs of the Pakistanis & wage a full-fledged war inside Pakistan.”-You and the rest of the world know the consequences of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. You and the rest of the world better stay out of Pakistan, because there are WUDs(Weapons of Ultimate Destruction) in Pakistan; I am talking about the nukes. You must be dead sure you really want to attack Pakistan before you attack. Lets see if you have the stomach for a war with Pakistan.

By: imran

imran — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:13:23 +0000

@costanzaYour american army can’t even control afghanistan and getting some severe beating at the hands of talibans and you are talking of waging a war against Pakistan.You can dream of that as it doesn’t cost $$$ to dream!

By: bulletfish

bulletfish — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:29:14 +0000

“Everything seems to be Pak’s clever ploy to drag the US into more confilicts and milk more & more money in the form of fighter jets and ammunitions and wealthy lifestyle for the Punjabi elites.”Praveen, you forgot to mention free (US govt paid) education in “Ivy League” universites for the top Pak generals children.Nevermind Baluchistan, the Taliban already control areas in Karachi where the mayor (Syed Mustafa Kamal) cannot enter because he will be killed.Terror Creeps Into the Heartland (NY Times, 22/07/2009)

By: Praveen

Praveen — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:37:29 +0000

Pak Army towing the usual line, nothing different. Bark a few times and get US to foot the bill with more aid.Everything looks as if there is no strategic plan or vision, displaced people are just herded around the battle zones and Talibans cruising around Pakistan.Everything seems to be Pak’s clever ploy to drag the US into more confilicts and milk more & more money in the form of fighter jets and ammunitions and wealthy lifestyle for the Punjabi elites.US Army has come on a mission and it cannot be complacent on Taliban like the Pak Army. Their mission is, was and always “Kick” the Taliban. The battle has been a while and it is apparent that Taliban will sneak in on all fronts in Pak, with the connivance of Pak Army it is possible to push them in Kashmir too… I hope the recent satellites launched by India for monitoring infiltration pays off here.With already an ethnic flare up in Balochistan against the oppression, coming weeks should be critical.

By: Aaarti

Aaarti — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:49:39 +0000

So if US/Afghanistan ask India to deploy army in Afghanistan, then Pak will be forced to deploy in the western border.India should send army to Afghanistan .. near Pakistan border. Time to play nice should be over.