Comments on: Obama and McCain Equally Mediocre on Pakistan

By: Amarnath

Amarnath — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:20:50 +0000

i dont understand why did americans get sentimental and elect obama as their president,his policies may be civilian friendly but on a long term its not going to help.Obama is no doubt a good man but he makes emotional decisions which could have a adverse effect.

By: Ahsan

Ahsan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:55:13 +0000

PAKISTAN IS ON A PATH OF DISTRUCATION THATS WHAT THE U.S. AND ITS POPETS THE TALIBAN AND ALQIDA WANT:

Couldn’t agree more. If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s Westrin Popets.

By: PAKISTAN IS ON A PATH OF DISTRUCATION THATS WHAT THE U.S AND ITS POPETS THE TALIBAN AND ALQIDA WANT

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:11:08 +0000

PAKISTANI PEPOLE SHOULD NOT TRUST THE SO CALLED PAKISTANI POLITICAL PARTYS AND THE PAKISTANI ARMY AND ALQIDA AND TALIBAN THEY ARE ALL WORKING AND GETING PAID BY THE THE U.S.A AND C.I.A ALSO THE U.S.A HAVE A EVIL AGENDA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD FOR THIS AGENDA TO WORK IT NEEDS POPETS AND TERRORISM WICH IS A FACT YOU CAN NOT TRUST THE U.S AND ALSO MORE MUSLIM HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE HANDS OF U.S AND ALQIDA LEAD TERRORISM IN MUSLIM WORLD ALSO THE MUSLIM THEM SELF HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM THE VERY SCOURGE OF TERRORISM CAME UPON THE MUSLIM WORLD BY THE WESTRIN U.S LED AGENDA

By: Arif Rafiq

Arif Rafiq — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:34:56 +0000

Thanks, Aaron. You’re right about the centrality of Pakistan. Too bad most have no idea what’s going on.

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A. Hummer, thanks for the jeremiad. I will convey your blog comment to the 160 million people of Pakistan.

You make a valid point or two, but then I think you succumb to the lure of narrowing down Pakistan’s political priorities to the single issue you care about. Next, you reduce its political/security problems (and solutions) to a single variable, which I find naive if not disingenuous and self-serving.

That lack of complexity might apply to your local school board, work carpool, or children’s disputes, but this is complex politics dealing with dozens of actors and tens of millions of people.

Scour this blog’s archives to get a sense of the complexity. If that’s too tough, then you might be out of your league.

By: A. Hummer

A. Hummer — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:01:26 +0000

Wake up Pakistan –it is no longer a question of being Pro or Anti-American.
Though past US policies — inspired or collaborated in by every leader you have accepted for yourselves — ARE responsible for the present situation, and should be criticised by citizens and historians, the future is up to you. If you do not deal with your own hate-mongering extremists and their jihad-exporting ways, you invite the world to do it for you.

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By: Aaron Mannes

Aaron Mannes — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:37:01 +0000

Terrific blog, and I was sorry to see it off-line for much of the past week when so much was happening.

This round-up is dead on regarding the two candidates and their positions on Pakistan, although McCain’s muff of Zardari’s name doesn’t seem substantial.

I blog at the CTBlog and discuss Pakistan frequently. Easy answers are in very short supply, but an effective Pakistan policy will be front and center on the next President’s agenda.

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