nota, this is getting more complex by the minute, what with the addition of further anti-army comments from others and the matter of Baluchistan thrown in.
Where did I hear about army work in the submerged areas? Mainly the foreign press and in some of the talk shows, I expect. No database to match yours, nota, never. I'll come clean, though I've done so in the past already. After a long absence from our pages, zenith above, whom I don't know, mentioned the name of the very person from whom I've learnt what little I know about Pak politics. He was my wake-up call, I'll say no more.
As for the latest drone attacks, God help us, that was B.O.'s latest present to the fasting people of FATA. Whose gift it is, the Pak army's or the Pak Govt's? My people tell me it's the latter's. For me the Pak army is not the enigmatic figure of Mr Kiyani. It's the huge organised body of soldiers, many of whom are extremely pro-Islam and pro-Pakistan. When terror overcomes one, as it has done at the moment in view of our extremely enfeebled state, it's the only force I can imagine of being of any help to save our country.
I went and had another look at what achtung said and I supported which brought all this on. I still maintain that our position was wholly right. If a showdown is to come with the west, over and above the gauntlet thrown at our feet by the forces of nature, the army is our only hope as things stand.
nota, thanks for one thing: your clear reply to my genocide question. Well thought out and expressed. No thanks at all for the use of a word I detest, that WWII cliché "appeasement". Better by far to rush into war, it imples, than to negotiate a peaceful solution.
And why on earth are we wasting our time quarrelling with one another when we should be out doing something to help our fellow citizens in their misery?
Posted 1 year ago on 15 Aug 2010 8:11
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