Well just to remind you that Pakistan public stance is pro US and anti taliban/ extremists. The moment US / NATO feels they are losing bcoz of Pakistan, be sure of hot pursuits and aerborne operations from across the borders. Your president is weaker than ever, he would be thrown out immediatly after that and you can well imagine the mess that follows.
About a month ago Mushy already told US & Co, if they keep talking that Pakistan will pull out of the "War on Terror" coalation, he isn't as weak as some of you are potraying him to be, after this threat I have rarely heard anything actually nothing at all being said about on US media. Plus, US isn't really in a position to make any kinds of mis-adventure, they are stuck between a hard place, and recently new's comming out about the war funding and their is a split in the house and congree which isn't a good sign. Plus, NATO/US has no real control of areas out side on Kabul the South isn't really in their control either, rather Ex-NA and Taliban are teaming up now.
About Public stance, well it's not really Pro-US I can tell you that, rather they want to move away from the US and not be dependant on it.
WASHINGTON, April 20: The US military does not have permission to conduct operations inside Pakistan’s tribal territory even if it is tipped that Osama bin Laden is hiding in that area, says the commander of the US Central Command (Centcom).
http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/21/top2.htm
ISLAMABAD, April 12:
Pakistan on Thursday threatened to quit the international coalition against terrorism if its partners, particularly the United States and its media, continued to accuse Islamabad of dragging its feet.
“If we are bluffing each other, if I am bluffing and if Inter-Services Intelligence is bluffing, then we must be out of the coalition,” President
Pervez Musharraf declared at the concluding session of the Land Forces Symposium 2007 being attended by senior military officials of 22 countries.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/21/top2.htm
And yeah IA is considered to be a good fighting force when it comes to CI by US and other countries who send their troops to train in India.
Bro, we aren't doubting IA troop capabilities, but when countries go to train else where it's for a reason to sharpen their own abilities, trying something that isn't offered (range wise, etc) in their place, or get familiar with the region, US goes to Philipnes, doesn't mean PA are the best right away, etc.
Most of the US and British soldiers and officers that serve in Iraq and Afghanistan are the either criminals or losers back home who gets enrolled bcoz they are fit for no other job. Their were enough press reports which showed that US had lowered the recruitment standrads to get enough soldiers to serve in Iraq.
So, that means my professors (Ex-Navy officers) are loosers, my friends are loosers, their might be soldiers who are criminals (don't generalize across the spectrum), but US re-changed those laws to limit how many offensives a person can have if he wants to join, and they are now going through a little more regiours process, and gang members are now being tossed out the army, etc.
Plus, wouldn't IA officers be in this catagory as well criminals and loosers, for creating fake counters to win medals along with regular ground forces, taking innocient lives?
Well their were even video footages of BA running for cover like kids when the Taliban/AQ outmanouvored them and started firing.
I own guns my-self and fired them, when you have bullets flying across it's another emitonal side effect, rather than you firing (since your at another end of the gun), everyone gets' affraid, its' certainly not something to enjoy or praise over I have friends who came back with no legs/arms and are suffering nightmares, etc and it's not a pretty sight, rather alot of people in the US go to the military not cause they enjoy it rather for school money. But one thing for sure is that western people aren't so cozy like ME and Pakistani's shooting day and night, our beliefs and idealogy sets us apart.
