Capt.Popeye
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You have got him, He is a compulsive poster and self contradicting most of the times.
As far as this particular thread is concern i would say Pakistani security calculus vis a vis India is quite justifiable. The game has to be like this and Pakistan's time tested calculus vis a vis India is fruitful to us by many means irrespective of what they have to suffer or not suffer at their western borders.
He loves to post without thinking (don't know if he is obsessed with his post counts).
Now about the calculus that you mention. That has indeed been the case with Pakistan's 'deep state' for all these years and its effects are for all to see (i.e. those that really want to see) No what Ayyaz Amir has done is to question that calculus, even more so in the context of the situation now extant (including but not limited to India), the writer of the piece counsels re-think on that calculus. And he is largely descriptive and prescriptive only in much smaller measure.
Now if the powers-that-are in Pakistan (not some knee-jerk posters and some labelwallas on this forum) even think as Ayyaz Amir has done; they may able to come up with a better mechanism to handle the mess that they are in. But that needs out-of-the-box thinking. Can Khakis do that? That is the question?
Strategic Thinking (and all the associated BLAH) is useful only if it is dynamic in nature.