Please convey that message to the children dying in the floods. They will appreciate the gesture of chest thumping spooks.
If you delve deeper it's more than just a case of chest thumping spooks. I'm hoping the high-up's have taken the decision on the basis of needs and not for political connotations. In light of the scale of this disaster the associated aid should not be in any way attached with the current political climate.
However, what it does require is effective co-ordination and disaster management at the highest level i.e government to government level.
If the Islamic Republic of Pakistan feels that foreign military personnel are not of immediate requirement it has the right as a sovereign nation to refuse it. Pakistan has enough personnel in the form of it's security services and civilian administration to handle this specific requirement, not to mention a plethora of National and International NGO's and charities operating at the moment.
The immediate need is monetary assistance, Helicopters, food, shelter
and other logistics supply.
Pakistan isn't a Banana republic that should allow every Tom, dick and Harry to start to come and operate on it's soil.
Allowing Foreign troops onto our soil unchecked will cause far more headaches than things it will solve.
If these countries are sincere they'll co-ordinate with the government and establishment to form a robust needs based disaster management response. That way there will be far less "dying children" you talk about.
