Re: Lieutenant-General Ahmad Shuja Pasha should do the decent things and resign
Such a monumental failing of intelligence as not detecting Bin Laden in such a military city represents a total military intelligence failure - the very reason for ISI's existence.
As leader of the agency, Lt. General Pasha bears responsibility for its failure and should step down immediately.
Pasha should resign whether military wanted to protect OBL or wanted to kill him. If they wanted to "protect" then they failed, if they wanted to kill him he should still resign as to how he remained in such place for that long.
From BBC:
1720: There was no indication that Pakistan was aware of the presence of Bin Laden at the Abbottabad compound, US intelligence officials say, according to Reuters.
^ so in other words a complete Pak intelligence failure
and a slap on face of military for their "preparedness" . Forget for a moment the objective of American operation - How on earth two non-Pakistani helicopters managed to land in heart of our major military town in dark and flew back without triggering ANY defence response (Remember, apparently, Pakistani government didn't know about the operation till it ended).
I agree with the sentiment, but it's not the ISIs responsibility to ward off an invading force. Perhaps Gen. Kayani should be the one stepping down, if the Pakistani forces had nothing to do with the assault as we are told. If it is true that no one in Pakistan was given the heads-up on the invasion, then those choppers should have been shot down before penetrating so deep into pak territory. Yes, it's true that pak is concentrating on different attack vectors, and yes this compound would not have been defended as pak nuclear facilities would have been. But regardless, a strict policy of going through the proper channels needs to be enforced.
Actually that does not seem to be the case here and Pakistan's intelligence infact pinpointed OBL's hiding place in Abbottabad. i.e. The operation was very much with the consent and cooperation of Pakistan though conducted entirely by the Americans
Obama's exact words in his address:
"Over the years, I’ve repeatedly made clear that we would take action within Pakistan if we knew where bin Laden was. That is what we’ve done. But it’s important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding. Indeed, bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan as well and ordered attacks against the Pakistani people. Tonight, I called President Zardari, and my team has also spoken with their Pakistani counterparts. They agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations. And going forward, it is essential that Pakistan continue to join us in the fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates."