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Talullahhound
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Pakistan
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4/28/2009 10:02:53 AM
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News of the swine flu outbreak seems to have overshadowed what is going on in Pakistan. Basically, the Taliban is moving in and the Pakistan government is not doing anything about it. I can't say I have a lot of faith in the Pakistan military to save the situation either.
Years ago, I had ocassion to make a several trips to Pakistan. I found Pakistanis to be rather emotional people and easily stirred up. I can't say that anything I observed at that time would lead me to conclude that I would see them, as a culture, rising up against the Taliban.
This is a bad development. The worst of which is Pakistan's nuclear capability, but the Taliban gaining a foothold in Pakistan and turning it into a religious state. This is bound to make India nervous too, given the hatred between Muslims and Hindis. Wouldn't want them to decide to do a "premptive strike".
Not sure how it all came out, but when I left government, we were in the process of making India "our new best friends",something we seemed to want more than the Indians did. Of course,our concerns were more about India/China relations than India/Pakistan relations. Guess that will be changing.
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