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Armstrong Enlighten me , what disinformation I am spreading ?
I dunno...I don't think that far ahead, I just post !
Khair if you're arguing that the Soviets getting to the Warm Waters was a red herring & little more - I wouldn't agree with it completely !
I do believe that it was blown out of proportion but then I do also believe that the Russians didn't woo all of these Baluch Nationalists for nothing; do you know one of the BLA or BRA Commanders that pinkish Marri guy's son who was killed a few years ago was born in Moscow & some of his siblings got their education there - I don't think the Elder Marri was there just for sight-seeing !
Additionally I find it implausible if one were to explain away the actions of the Pakistani Military Establishment as being 'Lets take on the Soviets because the Yanks are offering us $$$ even if their past record suggests that they'd throw us away like a used condom once our utility runs out' - They, the Generals, might be guilty of brilliant tactical acumen without considering the far-reaching strategic implications but even they're not Suicidal enough to take on the Siberian Bear - an entity without anything close to the compulsion of the United States or a cause to cry for excessive body bags or serving their troopers KFC or what not !
Plus you can find interviews of numerous ex-KGB operatives either in print form or in video over the internet talking about not only plans but even execution of theirs where a lot of on-the-ground work was done on Baluchistan by them; it certainly isn't a coincidence that the insurgency in Baluchistan during Bhutto's time that prompted him & Naseerullah Babur to go so far as supporting Anti-Daud Khan elements in Afghanistan coincided with increased aid & cooperation from & between the Soviets & the Afghans which finally culminated in the Soviet back regime taking over from Daud Khan later on !
Nor do I think that an Establishment that is often accused of short-sightedness with dire consequences in the Long Term would suddenly evolve the foresight needed to aptly calculate how we'd be able to take on the Soviets with just a rag tag bunch of Afghans many of whom were armed with little more than WW1 vintage firearms when the whole of Europe trembled at the very thought of the Soviet War Machine moving into Battle Positions & that somehow we'd do all of that whilst juggling a numerically & technologically superior rival to the East who wasn't spooked in '71 either when the Yanks brought in the Carrier Group nor is well-mannered enough to play fair whilst we're combating, arguably, the most ruthless & effective war fighting machine on the West since the times of the Mongols !
Not to mention considering that we'd be able to stop the war from spilling over into Afghanistan with pitched battles between the Soviets & us !
No....no, it seems most implausible that the Pakistani Establishment went for all of that for $$$ or influence in a Post-Soviet Afghanistan - One which seemed most unlikely when the Soviets rolled in !
I think that there probably was more truth to the Soviet attempts at reaching the Warm Waters by disconnecting Baluchistan from Pakistan then we give them the credit for !
Chotu motu playa, bro you into keeping dogs?
Nope...I once had a Turtle though !