tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post2249304360830093959..comments2024-03-28T12:18:49.592-04:00Comments on Hackwhackers: Watching Pakistan, And Waitinghackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-90676499706878144772021-09-26T09:44:22.526-04:002021-09-26T09:44:22.526-04:00Infidel -- Good background on Pakistan and their m...Infidel -- Good background on Pakistan and their malign activities in the past. Better to cast our lot with a government that at least has a democratic tradition and values. Thanks.<br /><br />Beach Bum -- You're right, it's a nuthouse with nukes in the hands of some of the most untrustworth people we can imagine. Thanks for your perspective.Hackwhackershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360994675682037510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-19928854395478162772021-09-26T07:50:49.816-04:002021-09-26T07:50:49.816-04:00One of the last real briefings I read before retir...One of the last real briefings I read before retiring from the military was the utter terror intelligence people had about Pakistan and its nuclear arsenal. Yeah, I know the United States has "lost" a few nukes and that after the collapse of the Soviet Union there were fears that both weapons and nuke material could get stolen from them and end up used by terrorists. <br /><br />But everything I read says that there are elements in the Pakistan military that would easily lose a weapon for money or just shits and giggles if the intended target was on that faction's shit list.<br /><br />Modi sucks but I'd rather have a cozy relationship with India than that nuthouse called Pakistan. Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-2628383617408026102021-09-25T21:53:47.660-04:002021-09-25T21:53:47.660-04:00The quote marks around "ally" referring ...The quote marks around "ally" referring to Pakistan are well merited. The government there, especially the intelligence service, has long been infested with radical-Islamist and terrorism-supporting elements which the rest of the leadership either can't or won't bring under control. This has extended to attacks by Pakistan-based terrorist groups on India's parliament building, a hospital in Mumbai, and other targets at various times. In recent years Pakistan has been cozying up to the Chinese fascist regime, making it one of the latter's few allies. We have little need of "friends" like this.<br /><br />India is an emerging major power and a stable secular democracy (it's true that Modi has shown some religio-nationalist tendencies, but India's democracy will survive him as ours survived Trump), and thus a much more appropriate partner for us to work with. Pakistan has been providing the Taliban with clandestine assistance for years and is never going to be reliable in helping us against them. Like the even more vile Saudi regime, they are a viper in the bosom.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com