http://pakistanpolicy.com/2008/03/07/hillary-clintons-afghanistan-pakistan-plan/ Analysis of Pakistan's domestic and foreign affairs Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:06:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://pakistanpolicy.com/2008/03/07/hillary-clintons-afghanistan-pakistan-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 captainjohann Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:40:50 +0000 http://pakistanpolicy.com/2008/03/07/hillary-clintons-afghanistan-pakistan-plan/#comment-2104 From the days of SEATO/CENTO pakistan has been playing the game of BALANCE OF POWER with India with a population of 1000 million compared to 160 million of pakistan.The same logic should apply inthis case also if Afghanistan is a failed state. It is this policy of accepting US aid instead of self reliance for military and civil society to get parity with India which is the root cause of Pakistan's ills. Americans will exert their price if Pakistan accepts the aid.Pakistan must try to stand on its own feet and accept a rrelationship of good neighbourhood with all its neighbours including India,Afghanistan,china and Iran From the days of SEATO/CENTO pakistan has been playing the game of BALANCE OF POWER with India with a population of 1000 million compared to 160 million of pakistan.The same logic should apply inthis case also if Afghanistan is a failed state.
It is this policy of accepting US aid instead of self reliance for military and civil society to get parity with India which is the root cause of Pakistan’s ills.
Americans will exert their price if Pakistan accepts the aid.Pakistan must try to stand on its own feet and accept a rrelationship of good neighbourhood with all its neighbours including India,Afghanistan,china and Iran

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