Tariq Ali: The Tangled U.S.-Pakistani relationship on the edge of war

[cingle2004jp]

No tangle please

[abujahl007]

This book is just an attempt to whitewash Pakistani double dealing. Pakistan is playing a double game. It always has. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda are the offspring of Pakistan. Pakistani colonialism is responsible for all its current troubles, and predates 9/11. It stems from Pakistan's jihadi tinged obssesion about Kashmir and its fears about the non recognition of the Durrand line on its western front by all Afghans and its own restive, traditional Pashtun population.

[abujahl007]

America scarred by its Vietnam experience left it to the Pakistanis to set up the framework and personnel for the anti-Soviet operations. The Pakistanis under Zia-ul-Haq, taking advantage of the gullible Americans, saw a chance to advace their own Islamic agenda, gave the anti Soviet crusade an Islamic flavour, the consequences of which we are seeing today.

[abujahl007]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Americans left and the Pakistanis of course did not dismantle the jihadi outfits and continued to use these groups as assets in their jihad against India and for ensuring that Afghanistan remained their backyard. 9/11of course changed all that. Nobody, other than the Pakistanis are responsible for their own mess. They inadvertenly scored a self-goal.

[aziz2085]

go see the oppression done by kashmiris in india..hell kashmiris are not doing suicide bombing in india.. it is belived alot of bombing in pakistan is done by indian intelligence agencies..they already in the baloch areas..