Comments on: Shouldn’t Pakistan be cut some slack by Washington and Mumbai?

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:39:14 +0000

I guess I assume all the caveats about the infiltration of the Pakistani govt at a certain level and think that not letting the extremists take over the nation and the nukes for so long and their efforts against terror despite having to watch their back 24/7 makes me impressed with them.

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:32:27 +0000

By: NightTwister

NightTwister — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:47:05 +0000

By: Achance

Achance — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:56:42 +0000

By: David Hinz

David Hinz — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:51:37 +0000

basically ungovernable. I stated in a thread at TMR that I give Musharraf a ton of respect for taking sides with President Bush following 9-11. It was a courageous decision on his part, knowing that such decision put his life at risk from ungovernable parts of his country.

I agree with Mike, even though elements of the Pakistani secret police have ties to the terrorist organizations that have operated for decades in India, the fact that the government has tried to support the US is a major accomplishment.

You are absolutely correct that the Wahabi madrassas are the major exporters of hate around the world — but that is a much larger issue that needs to be addressed.

Pakistan cannot close down the madrassas without civil war, but alternative public education would be a great step forward.

By: Alberta

Alberta — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:31:11 +0000

Its nice they arrested the leader. It would be real nice if they closed the camps and arrested the guys followers.

This is going to sound weird as Im small gov guy, but that country has an entirely private school system and if the pres wanted to send a signal, to me at least, that he was serious for reform, he would institute a public school system. The problem isnt that the schools are private, the problem is that most of the private schools are funded with wahabist money.

And its nice that they are closing the pass and going into the miltant regions. It would have been real nice if they were to take it seriously, as they have been ‘helping’ us since a little after 911 and its 2009 and they still dont control territory in their own ‘country’, a term used very loosely by me.

Also, as long as the ISI is not dealt with the problems with islamists will remain. And the westerners cant go after the ISI without domestic tensions rising, to be polite.