Future of Pakistan

[Gladiator]

Did Dick Cheney threatent ot cut off US support for Musharruf if he did not do more to fight the Taliban in the border areas with Afghanistan? Does the US have plan to replace Musharruf? Will the US plan backfire?

Ahmed Rashid - Musharraf at the Exit - washingtonpost.com

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[Gladiator]

al Quaida signed peace accord for Wasziristan. Pakistan agreed to keep Military out of Tribal Areas.

9-5-06, the Blotter, ABC News

The Blotter: Pakistan Throws in the Towel

 

[mikhail]

I dont think the bush administration should get involved in Pakistan its far to technical.If you get involved in Pakistan it cant go wrong.

 

[Gladiator]

Here is a link to a DP WAR ON TERROR thread related to Pakistan.

http://www.debatepolitics.com/war-terror/23671-good-article-about-terrorism.html


"According to a new public opinion poll of Pakistani citizens, Osama bin Laden has a higher approval rating in Pakistan, 46 percent, than does Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, 38 percent.

This is potentially disastrous because Pakistan is home to two things: (1) nuclear weapons, (2) al Qaeda's leadership."

MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary: New Opinion Poll: Pakistan Loves Osama, Hates Musharraf and Bush

"(Urban) Pakistanis have a 15%/67% favorable/unfavorable view of the current US government which is similar to the other countries (except Egypt which is much more unfavorable). 64% of Pakistanis think that nearly all or most of the world events are controlled by the US. 36% of Pakistanis disagreed (while 33% agreed) with the statement that “there have been times in American history where it has helped to promote the welfare of others.” 73% of Pakistanis think that weakening or dividing the Islamic world is a policy goal of the United States and 64% think that spreading Christianity in the Middle East might be a goal. In comparison, 68% of Pakistanis thought that maintaining control over oil resources is a goal of US policy.

On the primary goal of the War on Terror, 42% of Pakistanis think it is to weaken the Islamic world while 26% think it is to militarily and politically dominate the Middle East. Only 12% think the purpose of the war on terror is to protect the US from terror attacks.

While 71% of Pakistanis agree with the goal of getting the US troops to withdraw from Iraq, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, they disagree about attacks on US troops with about a third approving and similar numbers disapproving"

May 7, 2007, Procrastination Blogg

http://www.zackvision.com/weblog/2007/05/pakistan-opinion-poll.html


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[Gladiator]

What was the US role in ending martial law in Pakistan?

This is from Nov 6, 2007. The facts seem to be questionable, but the concept is interesting.


"Eyewitnesses report that Miles parachuted directly onto Musharraf’s motorcade as it left the former President’s residence. The one time Michigan offensive lineman appeared to be holding a hand grenade “in his mouth” said taxi driver Mehmood Khan, who watched from a boarded up residence in the heart of the Pakistani capital.

“[Miles] landed on the President’s car and shattered the driver’s window with his bare hand. Then he dropped the grenade in and leapt off the car, which was on a bridge above the Soan River. I don’t know how the American survived,” said Khan.

Reports of explosions, lightning quick attacks and Pakistani soldiers found tied up in trip wire began flooding in from all over the capital shortly after Musharraf’s body was found. The leaderless army was quickly brought to heel by numerous notes written in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, and apparently left by Miles.

One such note was translated as saying, “Do you really wanna know what I’ll do if I’m pissed off?”

The Pakistani army stationed in Islamabad deposited its guns and ammunition in front of the empty Supreme Court at 2:30 p.m., and soon after that soldiers stationed throughout the various provinces of Pakistan followed suit and disarmed themselves."


Les Miles parachutes into Pakistan at request of Bush, U.N. 82 Sluggo Win


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