The reason it is fair to put all blame on Pakistan, is that it is only Pakistan that is responsible for the existence of such training camps in Pakistan - Pakistan tolerates these camps because like you say, Pakistan has been using Islamism - you justify the use of Islamism - so you must accept responsibility for it being exported from Pakistan.
i clearly stated that short-sightedness subsequent to the anti-soviet operation is what caused the contents in the pot to over-boil.
those people were abandoned....they should have been rehabilitated that would have been the most ''Islamic'' thing to do
You can make any claim that Chechans are Russia's problem or jundallah Kashmir's problem and East turkestan China's problem
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they are
but you cannot escape that all these groups use Pakistan as their base -- How is this possible without government enabling the terrorists?
it isnt about ''enabling'' it is just about not being able to contain the threat....when you have a government that is so inept and incompetent, what else can you expect?
You cant pin all hopes and dreams on the Army. ''They are good...but they are not God''
civilian govt. needs to play its role here; and foreign governments should also do their part and stop their bad-apples from coming into our country and making problems. And Pakistan needs to be pro-active at all levels --whether its airport security/immigration office, or the inadequately equipped police guy sitting somewhere in Mohmand or other places.
After all who is teaching bomb making? do people just know bomb making from the womb??
are u kidding me? I can give you a list of materials to get from hardware/botanicals/electric store and you will have ability to make a crude device. The information is even online.
however, some of the very sophisticated IEDs that have been used --some of the know-how was transferred from Iraq theatre; the jihadi types do have access to such information, some of them are tech-savvy and ''well versed'' on such things. They even discuss openly about it on their damned online forums.
quite scary, actually......Pakistanis of all people have had to deal with such threats more than ANY other nation. If you are implying that Pakistan alone is responsible for teaching those people how to build bombs --well, i will take a strong exception to that.
and while I --in public and especially behind closed doors --am very critical about a lot of things Pakistan has done (or NOT done) --- i dont subscribe to the whole thing that Pakistan should pocket all the blame.
I think that's a nonsense.
The fact is that Pakistan army is, when it comes to promotion of Islamism, a major promoter of this ideology - there can be no denying this. Why no camps in india or Nepal or Uzbekistan or Russia or America or Argentina, why Pakistan??
Because Pakistan isnt a dictatorship....ít's an overly ''free'' country where lawlessness exists in certain parts many thanks due to the inept, corrupt, apathetic civilian government in power. One that serves the west more than it serves itself.
in that sense, I thank GOD that we have agencies whose sole job is to keep their eyes open while others are either asleep or permanently comatose.
Uzbekistan?? really dude....do you see how they treat dissent in that country? The policies in Uzbekistan are the reason why their Goddam ''Islamic movement of Uzbekistan'' is driven out like goats, and they take refuge in Pakistan and Afghanistan, often criss-crossing the terrain.
So, should Pakistan become a total police-state like Uzbekistan? Or will you then be vocal about that policy too?
You speak of the rallies of Islamists in Pakistan - how then can you argue that Pakistan does not promote islamism? After all, simply saying that we do not act against them is an excuse, a kind of plausible deniablity - but the reality is that Islamists flourish in Pakistan.
so do a lot of other things, Muse.
corruption, feudalism, not enough opportunities especially in rural areas, poverty/illiteracy is a problem we have not done good job to tackle...these are all inter-linked!
See AZ, it's not a question of honesty, the fact is that we are naked before the world - some realize it others imagine that if we deny that we are naked, then maybe by a miracle, clothes will appear - Alas.
we are born naked and will turn to dust when we die....
as long as we are alive, we should do all in our power to stand by OUR national interests.....Pakistan has been kind, it got screwed over. Pakistan has also been short-sighted, that definitely screwed us over.
but i DARE you to find any instance where Pakistan was ever a villain; or did something in which intention was to be ruthless or of detriment to others.