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To: TimF who wrote (29552)	9/15/2008 7:04:31 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Re: "but I think a weaker and more divided Afghanistan increases the strength of a Pashtun nationalist movement." But it certainly does not increase the strength of a unitary Afghan nation... by definition. (And, I would think that keeping Pashtuns focused on other matters then seceding from Pakistan in a civil war, and joining up with their Pashtun brothers across the borderline in Afghanistan, creating a regional power called "Pashtunistan"... would tend to preserve the status quo in Pakistan --- which is what the Pak elites have been trying for....)