Its kind of funny and embarrassing at the same time that UAE can address Pakistan in this tone, taking into account how Pakistan is a nuclear state and all. I mean, chatank chatank bhar k mulk apni economy ki base par batain suna detay hain. No fear or respect for our oh-so-marvelous armed forces and weaponry at their disposal.
Those million plus one lac are not toring muft ki roti there. They are adding to their economy and doing the hard work, so Arabs could do what they have learnt to do best lately. Yes they have some other options available, few of them cheaper too, but not sending our troops to actively participate in a war that we have nothing to do directly is by no means going to trigger a catastrophic return of all or most Pakistanis, or shutting down of all aids from entire gulf. That is not how international relations and politics work.
Heh No actually, I have my suspicions but at the same time doubtful about Russia’s involvement. Maybe it is not direct but only some indirect support to the direct enemies. Or maybe there was more involvement in the past than it is now. I have not met anyone in Pakistan saying that. Those who did were also unsure. Only God knows the best but probably Russia knows better than to blame Pakistan for the break up of soviet union and cause harm to simple common Pakistanis to get back.
there are some anti establishment parties in the parliament as well…namely PPP. You have an issue if Pakistan sends army there and still a problem if they dont send it, therefore doesnt matter.
But the State Department official I spoke to added that the hostilities would have to end soon in order to limit death and destruction, and to bring the Houthis to a political settlement.
There is, unfortunately, no sign that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz agrees with that proposition. His apparent plan is to bomb the Houthis into submission. What’s more, the Saudis are new to the game of military intervention, and they seem bent on reproducing America’s worst mistakes. The air war has caused over 500 civilian deaths and an incipient humanitarian disaster; created new opportunities for al Qaeda, which hasseized Mukalla, Yemen’s fifth-largest city; and done nothing to hinder the Houthis’ bid to conquer the strategic southern city of Aden. It’s not a very encouraging prototype.
The fight is only two weeks old and perhaps the tide will turn. The more lasting problem is King Salman’s idea of a political solution. Once he’s evicted the Houthis, he plans to restore to power President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who was forced to flee Yemen to Saudi Arabia. But it was the Saudis who put Hadi there in the first place; so weak is his writ that his army effectively abandoned him in favor of his widely hated predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi might survive, but only as a Saudi puppet. What’s more, the Houthis are not Iran’s puppets, as the Saudis insist, but a powerful indigenous force whose demands must be accommodated in a power-sharing agreement.
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The Saudis see localized uprisings as manifestations of a relentless Iranian campaign to dominate the Middle East. The central battle is thus not moderate Islam versus violent extremism, as it is for the United States and the West, but Sunni versus Shiite. The joint strike force will be a Sunni, rather than an Arab, instrument; Iraq and Lebanon, where Shiites hold effective control, have shown no enthusiasm for the proposed body. This will have the effect of deepening existing schisms.
uncle has to go opposite to ANY decision govt makes… if they had decided to send the army then it would’ve been a case of Pakistan army for rent, now that we are not sending the army he is crying oh what about our imports/exports/investments in Gulf
Help to crush Bahrain uprising was given in PPP government, anyways you’ll get the message. Pakistan has always washed the dirty laundry of the Arabs, and they didn’t even squeal during the past decade when we needed help.