OTTAWA: Extremist attacks across nuclear-armed Pakistan in recent years have made it ‘the most dangerous country in the world,’ Canada’s Defense Minister Peter MacKay said Monday.
‘I’m extremely concerned,’ MacKay told a press conference. ‘The instability in Pakistan in my view makes Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world.’
Around 12,000 to 15,000 Pakistan security forces are battling fighters in three northwest districts in what Islamabad says is a fight to eliminate militants —branded by Washington as the greatest terror threat to the West.
MacKay said the Taliban’s recruiting and rearming in Pakistan is also harming Nato efforts to rout insurgents in neighboring Afghanistan, where Canada has deployed some 2,800 troops.
‘As long as insurgency is allowed to foster and to incubate inside Pakistan, the problem remains very real, very difficult,’ he said.
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Thats their whole problem. Their supply line is being cut off to Afghanistan, which goes through Pakistan, and now they’ve unleashed an all out propaganda war to eliminate the threat to their plans.
They’re using the Pak Army as a proxy to achieve their goals. and Some people on this forum are actually falling for it, cheering it on.
The situation isn’t bad, it’s beyond terrible. Pakistan has been an epicentre of terror for the past 30 years. What’s done in Afghanistan is all Pakistan’s doing. ISI has set up props to destroy Afghanistan. The Pak Army wants to control the country and is willing to go to any extend for gaining power. It scares people by creating false threats from India and Afghanistan. In fact, if you give $10 bn to Pak then $8 bn goes to the Army and some politicians pocket $ 2 bn.
Looking at the situation in Pakistan, one would feel that Taliban is taking over that country, but the fact of the matter is that Pakistan is handing itself to Taliban.
things aren’t so rosey on the other side of the fence either. there are a countless number of separatist movements in the land of milk and honey as well, where superficial traditions still carry weight where humans are sacrificedbefore the idol goddess Kali, or where a farmer slaughters a young girl in the hopes of yielding a healthy crop.
sort your own mess before advocating how bad things elsewhere are.
what the Taliban are doing in Pakistan is being dealt with, and we will deal with it our own way. India should worry for its own consulates’ safety in Afghanistan, should US/Nato leave in a haste and retreat to the land of the free.
happy trolling
here’s one on your way out, should you decide to have a knee jerk reaction and decide to analyze Pakistani affairs again. http://www.cfr.org/publication/12773/
The situation isn’t bad, it’s beyond terrible. Pakistan has been an epicentre of terror for the past 30 years.....................
Looking at the situation in Pakistan, one would feel that Taliban is taking over that country, but the fact of the matter is that Pakistan is handing itself to Taliban.
Canadians are always right as I have been reminded many times by people using one of their immigration advisory boards decision on MQM.
except they have a free-er judiciary (if not totally free) who act independently. while this article comes from a politician and a member of Canadian Govt. The decision to declare MQM a terrorist organization was made by a court of law. huge difference.
except they have a free-er judiciary (if not totally free) who act independently. while this article comes from a politician and a member of Canadian Govt. The decision to declare MQM a terrorist organization was made by a court of law. huge difference.
The decision on the immigration case did come from any free court. It came from an immigration advisory board whose job is to limit immigration and is completely a political decision. They have made many such decisions for other groups in other countries.
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then why are you so sore about it? clearly we both agree that decision was made by a court of law, while this articles relates and represents the view of the Canadian Govt. :) Both are different, have separate views, and conduct themselves according to specific defined policies. the role of Govt. is to politicize whatever may benefit the country's affairs, the role of the court of law is to deal with criminals/deemed terrorists, and so on...
i'm pretty sure the judge did not call PM for advice on that case. we're both pretty much saying the samething, just in a different tone. :D
then why are you so sore about it? clearly we both agree that decision was made by a court of law, while this articles relates and represents the view of the Canadian Govt. :)
Both are political statements - that's all. The canadian court did not do any exhaustive study on MQM.
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but surely that decision must have been based on some evidence, it's not like person A came and sold the court a story against person B and that was convincing enough for the court to just outright declare the political party and its affiliates a terrorist organization.
that's such a huge charge, you know that right? some homework has/had to be done. i'd love to be shown another perspective on this from a credible source. :)
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That’s what I’m saying. The immigration advisory board was responsible for the finding and their research was based on 2 google searches. This india based site was one of their sources: South Asia Terrorism Portal
By there criteria they could also declare pakistan a terrorist entity
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i get your point, but how are you certain those are the only pieces of evidence they used in order to reach that decision?
i think we're going off-topic, but this is just as necessary since it relates to how Canadians conclude stuff.
i still say, what you're saying may be valid but it is separate from the article posted in first post. the topic in discussion is of political aspect, while the court decision was judicial.
