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:bounce: Very clever of Pakistan to keep US fooled while actually being 100 % in the Dragon's camp. A side benefit maybe that it can incite, invoke and provoke animosity between China and India from within.

Pakistan made hay playing the Russia Vs. US card at poor & simple Afghanistan's cost. Pakistan can put that kind of avant-garde experience to play China Vs. India.
2 things come to mind though :

1) US Vs. Russia was far more profitable. Pakistan was reasonably under-developed and poor but not poverty stricken like China and India back in the 70's and 80's which provided the motivation to side with the US re: US Vs. Russia Afghan conflict. The Gulf boom and the resulting petro reimbursements from the Gulf expatriate Pakistani trading, labour and defence communities plus the phenomenal development of the Pakistani economy re: agriculture, mining and small to medium enterprises has blunted the dire need for Pakistan to play mega geo-politics.
Pakistan's middle class is a bigger majority of it's population today than the either India or China presently. The middle class is the true majority of Pakistan. The rich, the poor, the religious, the fanatics, the minorities etc. are all side issues.

2) The old, post war ideology driven conflicts have given way to trade and Globalisation. It is difficult to justify war on ideological and philosophical lines these days. Easier to justify war for business and trade related issues, even to the homegrown Pakistani middle class. Given that neither China nor India are exceptionally belligerent right now, inversely business trade and economy seem to be top priority for both; Pakistan's role in playing spoil sport between China and India for self sustenance is a great challenge. Pakistan's nominal economic assets are a minimal leverage at best. And Pakistan lacks solid experience in trade and business driven warfare because while it's home grown businesses are sizable, they lack the kind of Global scale that Chinese and some Indian businessmen bring to the table. For eg. it is common knowledge that some 10 yrs. ago when the Kargill conflict could have escalated to a full blown nuclear war, India's IT businesses pressured the Indian govt. to take it easy; the economic cost of losing IT/BPO investments re: unsafe economic climate in India due to war with Pakistan became a big enough issue to mitigate out-and-out war.

The same business dynamics and links are solidifying Chinese and Indian relations and may be a good deterrent to war.

Additionally, everyone has that # 1 deterrent to war - Nuclear Weapons! :cry:
 
lol, I was wondering why there is suddenly a 5 page thread appearing in 20 min, but it was an old thread.
 

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