< think that it is entirely likely that we have contingency plans to neutralize Pakistan's nuclear capability if Musharraf should be overthrown and an Islamic fundamentalist government should take over.
It would be the height of negligence for us - whether with a Republican or Democrat in the White House - not to have such contingency plans. Also, since Israel would be threatened by nuclear weapons falling into the hands of such a government, their assistance is also conceivable. I would not rule out that a similar arrangement has been made to seek the assistance of India if this should occur.>
I can imagine that very well, if it is going to something like the efficient show of discovering and handling WMD's in Iraq with 200,000 soldiers on ground than such a contingency may bring more heart burn than anything else. Last year Indians brought 500.000 man on our borders and after eyeball to eye ball confrontation and withdrew, Israelis have been in and out of India few times to look at what’s happening, listen don't underestimate will of nations like this, it is not people like Bush who loose goodwill of USA it is statements like the one you have written and Seymour sponsors that helps erode goodwill for USA.
<Do you seriously believe that given our concerns about WMD falling into the hands of terrorists, the US would risk leaving nuclear weapons in the possession of a Pakistan that is run by a fundamentalist regime?>
Given that USA is ready to accept a theocracy in Iraq I would doubt that a friendly Islamic government anywhere would not be tolerated. I am little apprehensive about shallowness of your know as far as my part of the world is concerned, you have no idea that Pak Army is not one man, it is an institution that has shown his alliance to Brits since 1857, 110 years before creation of Pakistan. Nukes are not pretzels to be found by a contingency scheme, the other day you forwarded me Ziinis objections on war in Iraq one was not enough man on ground, here in case of Pakistan you are trying to borrow from Rambo action, Seymour Hersh and people like you who buy into this are nothing but spoilers of intricate alliances that Bush has been able to sew up, this is the difference between shooting from the hip and getting the most difficult nations on your side this is the depth of the quality of diplomacy the Islamic tipped nuke nations are with USA not against, now what is the interest in provoking Pakistan I just don’t understand, how does it help in any way right now or in 2001 when USA was about to launch and action in Afghanistan where they had all dependency on my country, the entire Alqaeda leadership was caught by my country and Hersh wanted to do a First Blood on us. The problem is the inability to know the sum total of your capabilities and reach helps make such irrational objectives the one highlighted by Hersh and these only add to new uncertainties and help create cracks in the alliance against the war on terror, it only helps very provincial insular minds who have no idea of what this whole struggle is all about.
< Both the US and Pakistan are involved in an alliance of convenience and there are no illusions on either side as to this fact.>
You are totally wrong on this one too. From opening up of China, Seato, Cento and Budber and from 1948 it was conscious decision of Pakistan to side with USA when given a choice between USSR and USA. Once again your lack of knowledge as to the working between two armies can definitely lead to such wild assertions, the alliance we have created is to save millions of people from ignominy of disaster through medieval thuggery and bigotry. That is how I think if you know more and you want to back stab us once again ala 1990 that is not something I am concerned about, for us it is overturning the yoke that was descending from across the border and that exactly what Mush said yesterday in his speech role back of the Hudood ordinance the piece of legislation inserted in our constitution by a rightist Assembly, if this what you term as convenience than your definition is little skewed it is reconstruction of my part of the world it is reawakening I see all around, and this is the reason I am grateful to Bush unlike Clinton who screwed on every opportunity.
The best thing happened to our side of the world is that post 911 policies have taken those skeletons out of the closets which were threatening our basic existence. We made a U-turn to exist not to buy time, know it well, unlike Arafat who has been unable to understand his weakness, we knew ours we selected the right partner. |
