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"And that is pretty much the only thing we have heard on that particular far fetched tale."
Speak for yourself. Lt. Col. Nash has used this as a portion of his Pentagon de-briefs and as intro to other Marine embed training teams such as those I posted here. Colonel Nash's observations have been vetted, or so we can presume, by his repeated use of such in briefings and public commentary that has remained unretracted.
We've had numerous contacts along your border where circumstances of the engagements have proved "contentious". I'm surprised that you don't know so. We reply by direct fire on those occasions and have done so numerous times. Lt. General Jeffrey Schlosser (commander RC-EAST) recently made that emphatically clear towards the end of this 60 MINUTE piece by CBS.
"On the other hand, we have a former Pakistani COAS and President categorically confirming that Indian officials were supporting the Baluch insurgency, and having documentary evidence to support it."
And our reaction? I'm not in a position to confirm or deny Mr. Musharraf's contentions so my government's reaction will have to suffice as a reflection of my concern. I am in a position to comment on the relative severity of each insurrection and find one considerably more deadly to American interests.
"You have 'indications'? You were demanding a fair bit more than that for validating Pakistani accusations. We have plenty of 'indications' as well, presented frequently, but then you want photographic evidence."
I can demand as I wish to satisfy my personal interests, A.M. Honestly, sir, I highly doubt BaburCM's contention of training and arming from Afghanistan. I really, really do. I don't believe that with the British (who've declared the BLA a terrorist organization) in Helmand and the Canadians in Kandahar, with PREDATOR up within Afghanistan to include the far south, and with the presence of numerous neutral/peacenik NGOs that this is likely happening.
"What exactly is 'Pashtunistan'?"
Ummm...where Pastus live?
"There is a historical precedent for concern arising out of an unfriendly GoA and India nexus."
Maybe. Much of that history had the interesting intersection of the cold war to it as well. It's irrelevant though. The current GoA and India are getting along famously and your political interests there are being rendered irrelevant as well.
There is an obvious desire by some to see Pashtu aspirations best achieved by looking eastward to Pakistan. The mountain country of FATA would seem their natural heartland extending southwestward to Quetta
"...an expanded Afghanistan with a Pashtun majority instead of plurality would pose a larger demographic concern than one restricted to its current borders."
Indeed, were it the interest of some to expand Afghanistan geographically. I think that the interest here, though, is to shift pashtu DEMOGRAPHICS eastward and create a more modest plurality much less majority within Afghanistan.
"Nor did such concerns prevent Afghan irredentism and interference in Pakistan in the past under non-Taliban regimes."
A fly buzzing an elephant in your history compared to Kashmir, E. Pakistan, India, and Baluchistan.
Speak for yourself. Lt. Col. Nash has used this as a portion of his Pentagon de-briefs and as intro to other Marine embed training teams such as those I posted here. Colonel Nash's observations have been vetted, or so we can presume, by his repeated use of such in briefings and public commentary that has remained unretracted.
We've had numerous contacts along your border where circumstances of the engagements have proved "contentious". I'm surprised that you don't know so. We reply by direct fire on those occasions and have done so numerous times. Lt. General Jeffrey Schlosser (commander RC-EAST) recently made that emphatically clear towards the end of this 60 MINUTE piece by CBS.
"On the other hand, we have a former Pakistani COAS and President categorically confirming that Indian officials were supporting the Baluch insurgency, and having documentary evidence to support it."
And our reaction? I'm not in a position to confirm or deny Mr. Musharraf's contentions so my government's reaction will have to suffice as a reflection of my concern. I am in a position to comment on the relative severity of each insurrection and find one considerably more deadly to American interests.
"You have 'indications'? You were demanding a fair bit more than that for validating Pakistani accusations. We have plenty of 'indications' as well, presented frequently, but then you want photographic evidence."
I can demand as I wish to satisfy my personal interests, A.M. Honestly, sir, I highly doubt BaburCM's contention of training and arming from Afghanistan. I really, really do. I don't believe that with the British (who've declared the BLA a terrorist organization) in Helmand and the Canadians in Kandahar, with PREDATOR up within Afghanistan to include the far south, and with the presence of numerous neutral/peacenik NGOs that this is likely happening.
"What exactly is 'Pashtunistan'?"
Ummm...where Pastus live?
"There is a historical precedent for concern arising out of an unfriendly GoA and India nexus."
Maybe. Much of that history had the interesting intersection of the cold war to it as well. It's irrelevant though. The current GoA and India are getting along famously and your political interests there are being rendered irrelevant as well.
There is an obvious desire by some to see Pashtu aspirations best achieved by looking eastward to Pakistan. The mountain country of FATA would seem their natural heartland extending southwestward to Quetta
"...an expanded Afghanistan with a Pashtun majority instead of plurality would pose a larger demographic concern than one restricted to its current borders."
Indeed, were it the interest of some to expand Afghanistan geographically. I think that the interest here, though, is to shift pashtu DEMOGRAPHICS eastward and create a more modest plurality much less majority within Afghanistan.
"Nor did such concerns prevent Afghan irredentism and interference in Pakistan in the past under non-Taliban regimes."
A fly buzzing an elephant in your history compared to Kashmir, E. Pakistan, India, and Baluchistan.
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