Yup and Raymond Davis or No Raymond Davis--
Sanctions or no sanctions--
Defence deals or no Defence deals--
The corruption, incompetence and mismanagement will remain-
We need to address the issues of corruption, incompetence, and mismanagement, if we wish to progress. These issues should not remain.
There is no questions of sanctions - i do not know where the word sanctions coming from- America is not going to put sanctions-- Not going to change its Foreign policy- and 5 years Afghanistan plan- suddenly because of Raymond Davis-
Brother, we are talking about
America here. If they could invade Panama for just one man; I won't be surprised if they threaten to cut all economic aid to us for this man. Oh wait! They already have started threatening us on Davis.
Again-- Our condition will remain the same- Releasing Raymond Davis or facing the supposed sanctions are not going to change any thing- The Change depends only on us- Do we want to be dependent always or Independent- at least try-
Sanctions will hurt our chances to revive our economy. We cannot afford them in current state. I agree on the change part. We need to change ourselves and plan reforms. We need to optimize our resources and find solutions to our problems. This will not happen overnight though.
Right now, we are not in the position to tell US to get out from Pakistan and make it clear to them that we do not need their aid and support.
We have failed to achieve
khud mukhtari since independence.
We are being compensated, but not enough- Looking at our current state- isn't it obvious?
USA has its own issues and agenda. It has given us lot of aid and continues to do so. We cannot force them to do more. And why should we? You are talking about change right? This change will not come until we stop expecting a lot from others. We need to stand on our own feat.
Another Talibans is the worst case scenario, my point was we are alone capable of handling the situation in Afghanistan than any one else- Leave us both alone- and see what we come up with next-
How? We are not comfortable with Karzai government? Whom we would support in Afghanistan?
No- Do not under estimate your self, or at least do not drag rest of us along- We will not collapse- See around you- There are lot of sanctions laden countries still surviving- becoming independent-- its a blessing in disguise-- a wake up call- for us it will be too-
Again! It depends upon:
1. Type of sanctions imposed on a nation.
2. Resources of nation to withstand economic pressures.
Heavily sanctions nations typically go in decline. The case of Iraq is biggest example and Iraq was not short on resources.
DPRK is another victim of tough economic sanctions.
And pressure on Iran is also being increased.
USSR disintegrated for other reasons- not because of sanctions- Pakistan case is different- we are not going for super power status- world dominance- attacking countries- creating mess-
I know that USSR got disintegrated due to economic pressures, civil unrest, chernobyle accident, and COLD WAR.
Pakistan's status is indeed different from USSR but it is not invulnerable. The biggest threat to Pakistan is from inside and not from external forces.