Rafay
I would not put too much in what US says - as far as US and Pakistani interests are concerned, "Things Change" has been the US line - it will continue like that because Pakistan relations with the US have no foundational basis.
If it is true that there is now a institutional realization that India is not the primary concern - it is a good thing - but note that the statement does not say that Islamist motivations for extremist terrorism is now the primary threat - it only says "terrorism" is now a primary threat.
This statement will only serve to confuse people and leave the ISI open to charges that it is hedging it's bets -- I mean after all, what are the motivations of the "terorists"? What kind of IDEOLOGY is motivating them? Who is funding them (look at the chanda boxes outside the masajid) ? Who is allowing the propagandists to spread this ideology? What legal mechanisms have been crafted to prevent the spread of this idology, attitudes and behaviour?
I think too much is being made of this statement -- and it is a set up, one the ISI and the Fauj will soon come to regret,as the Majlis will not and the Judiciary will not (not mention the MEDIA), support the logic behind this statement.
Agree with you. Don't know what is the intention behind this exactly. However, the world has taken it as an attempt to reduce image deficit to get aid.
Pata nahi yeh government or kitna giryegi humien. Inki har government mien Pakistan neechay he gaya hai.