Comments on: Shifting Sands in Pakistan

By: don st joe, ar

don st joe, ar — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:10:04 +0000

there are many hazards in getting involved by conflict where the opposition is religious zealots. pakistan is a can of worms–realizing a consensus for democracy will remain elusive.

By: edward willis -panama city ,florida

edward willis -panama city ,florida — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:24:42 +0000

i feel that in the safety of our country and all the people in this country we need to either impeach obama or have him to step down because he is a threat to this country.he does not respect this country in wish he has shown many times,and to me that disrespect alone makes him a danger to this country.

By: njunaid

njunaid — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:45:18 +0000

In the end they are going to wear the US out may be in 10 -20 years, and Pakistan, China and evern Russia is never going to allow what and how it settled in Iraq. Iraq is surrounded by US Arab puppets only except Iran which is weak. But here in the Afghan theater everyone is in danger with US or Indian presence. I hope US had chosen to side with Pakistan but this Indian Alliance is never going to be acceptable to Pakistanis and Chinese. So looks like it is going to be ugly for long time.

By: Rob Kalaskos

Rob Kalaskos — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:52:26 +0000

Very simple. The timing of these “great” new statements by Pakistani establishment honchos are very obviously coincides with the passage of the Pakisan aid bill in congress this week. So, all this charade is a case of the beggars putting up a good honest face.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:16:31 +0000

There are 6 decades of history pointing to Pakistani duplicity vis-a-vis its relations with the US and yet each new promise by the duplicitous Pakistani army provokes fresh naive hopes that this time around it heralds a new beginning. To hope that things are turning in favor of the US on account of the troop surge or some imaginary shift in the sands is a triumph of hope over expectations. The reality most likely is that the Pakistani army wants to forestall any possible progress in terms of territorial defeats the Taliban will face on account of the insertion of troops. That the Taliban and the Afghan card are chips they intend to keep in their insane quest for strategic depth has been repeated often enough in the western press and yet no one who can make a difference in the US administration is in the least bit interested in drawing the right inferences much less act upon them.