There has been a flurry of Saudi dignitaries vising Pakistan in recent months. Rumors are doing rounds that Pakistan will be training Syrian rebels, if that’s true haven’t we learnt our lessons yet. Our country is reeling through its worst period and still we want to interfere in other countries?
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We should take this opportunity and return the favor to KSA and other Arab countries, let us talk to these Talibans and tell them that the great JIhad against Jew is on the cards, you are needed to fight Syrian Army and then whole Jew Land shall be open to you to carry out your operations, Saudi Arabia would also be at arms length... let us shift them there, if Saudi prince is here to take them, let him take them away...and once they are gone, cut the cord and anyone who has any sympathy with them shall be either sent with them or thrown out of country for good...
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It seems Pakistan will be arming and training the rebels.
Dubai: Saudi Arabia is in talks with Pakistan to provide anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets to Syrian rebels to try to tip the balance in the war to overthrow President Bashar Al Assad, a Saudi source said on Sunday.
The United States has long opposed arming the rebels with such weapons, fearing they might end up in the hands of extremists, but Syrian opposition figures say the failure of Geneva peace talks seems to have led Washington to soften its opposition.
Pakistan makes its own version of Chinese shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, known as Anza, and anti-tank rockets — both of which Riyadh is trying to get for the rebels, said the source, who is close to Saudi decision-makers, requesting anonymity.
The source pointed to a visit to Riyadh earlier this month by Pakistan’s army chief of staff, General Raheel Sharif, who met Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz.
Prince Salman himself last week led a large delegation to Pakistan, shortly after Saudi’s chief diplomat Prince Saud Al Faisal visited the kingdom’s key ally.
Jordan will be providing facilities to store the weapons before they are delivered to rebels within Syria, the same source said.
AFP could not obtain confirmation from officials in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or Jordan.
The head of the Syrian opposition, Ahmad Jarba, promised during a flying visit to northern Syria last week that “powerful arms will be arriving soon.”
Rebels have long said that anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets would help tip the balance in the battle against Al Assad’s forces, which enjoy air superiority.
The nearly-three-year conflict in Syria has torn the country apart, killing more than 140,000 people, including some 50,000 civilians, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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We should take this opportunity and return the favor to KSA and other Arab countries, let us talk to these Talibans and tell them that the great JIhad against Jew is on the cards, you are needed to fight Syrian Army and then whole Jew Land shall be open to you to carry out your operations, Saudi Arabia would also be at arms length... let us shift them there, if Saudi prince is here to take them, let him take them away...and once they are gone, cut the cord and anyone who has any sympathy with them shall be either sent with them or thrown out of country for good...
seems like a plan, and with this the march of "lashkar" from "khurasaan" will be done.
what else a man want .. i mean talib?
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on the serious note why we never learn, is their some kind a genetic defect in us?
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I have an even better idea
Ask India to move their troops close to our eastern border. Then any stupid thoughts of training & arming the Syrian rebels will go out the window!
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And the Syrian rebels are no saints either
Many criminals incl. Al-Qaeda terrorists have joined their ranks
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Why cannot Saudi Arabia or the other sunni Arab countries provide this training and basic arms?
Is it because they are thinking long term and don't want to make long term enemies of Shia dominated countries like Iran and Iraq...while Pakistan will have to deal with the long term consequences of Shia country hostility as well as all these trained al queda fighters coming back to Afghanistan and Pakistan to continue their "Jihad".
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Choose for your brother what you like for yourself. We don't like Taliban for ourselves but like them for Kashmir, Afghanistan and now Syria.
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^Situation is Syria is much more complicated. You have kharjee group called ISIL..which is known terror organization (taliban alike) and are killing members of free syrian army and people who do not agree with them. So please..don't even compare Syrian situation with Pakistan's. And by not comparing i meant..that there are 2 three factions..basically killing each other to death.
Secondly..Pakistan doesn't have any clear foriegn policy..our foriegn policy sucks big time. In the begining of Syrian war..our foreign ministry spokesman said..'oh well..we need peaceful resolution etc."..like the hell with your peaceful resolution. Bashar Al Assad must be condemned and kicked out. And same goes with this ISIL group..which is Alqaeda linked terror organization.
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Just like they wished for a peaceful resolution with Taliban?
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Secondly..Pakistan doesn't have any clear foriegn policy..our foriegn policy sucks big time.
Pakistan foreign policy is VERY clear. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
As Hassan Nisar would say, hamaaray dimagh main “ek hoon Muslim, haram kee paasbani ke liye” wala keeraa ghusaa hua hai.
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I don't know what goes on in the minds of our leaders like Nawaz. Probably nothing!
We don't like US because it interferes in other people's affairs. But we ourselves are not far behind. We do the same thing as much as possible.
We Pakistanis accuse Afghanistan of helping India foment trouble in Balochistan, and to have pro-India stance in general. Little do we acknowledge that it is because we were the ones who jumped right in the middle of Afghan civil war, but our horse lost. We lost the bet. And now it makes sense for the victors in Afghan civil war to be against Pakistan, and support Pakistan's arch rival India.
Unfortunately, even after that debacle, Nawaz government still have not learned its lesson. It is again jumping in another civil war far away from us, but which potentially can come back 360 degrees to hurt us. Syrian civil war involves Iran, which is right next door to us. We roughed our feathers with Iran when we supported Taliban, and made it tilt towards India. Now by giving attack weapons to one side in Syrian civil war, we are ensuring that both Syrian government and Iran government have all the reasons to oppose Pakistan at every front and support Pakistan's arch rival India.
Looks like we are gifting our friends and/or neutral countries to India. The same India which is already overpowering us in every aspect, even in cricket.
On the other hand, if Pakistan had politely refused Saudis to look for weapons and I don't know what goes on in the minds of our leaders like Nawaz. Probably nothing!
We don't like US because it interferes in other people's affairs. But we ourselves are not far behind. We do the same thing as much as possible.
We Pakistanis accuse Afghanistan of helping India foment trouble in Balochistan, and to have pro-India stance in general. Little do we acknowledge that it is because we were the ones who jumped right in the middle of Afghan civil war, but our horse lost. We lost the bet. And now it makes sense for the victors in Afghan civil war to be against Pakistan, and support Pakistan's arch rival India.
Unfortunately, even after that debacle, Nawaz government still have not learned its lesson. It is again jumping in another civil war far away from us, but which potentially can come back 360 degrees to hurt us. Syrian civil war involves Iran, which is right next door to us. We roughed our feathers with Iran when we supported Taliban, and made it tilt towards India. Now by giving attack weapons to one side in Syrian civil war, we are ensuring that both Syrian government and Iran government have all the reasons to oppose Pakistan at every front and support Pakistan's arch rival India.
Looks like we are gifting our friends and/or neutral countries to India. The same India which is already overpowering us in every aspect, even in cricket.I don't know what goes on in the minds of our leaders like Nawaz. Probably nothing!
We don't like US because it interferes in other people's affairs. But we ourselves are not far behind. We do the same thing as much as possible.
We Pakistanis accuse Afghanistan of helping India foment trouble in Balochistan, and to have pro-India stance in general. Little do we acknowledge that it is because we were the ones who jumped right in the middle of Afghan civil war, but our horse lost. We lost the bet. And now it makes sense for the victors in Afghan civil war to be against Pakistan, and support Pakistan's arch rival India.
Unfortunately, even after that debacle, Nawaz government still have not learned its lesson. It is again jumping in another civil war far away from us, but which potentially can come back 360 degrees to hurt us. Syrian civil war involves Iran, which is right next door to us. We roughed our feathers with Iran when we supported Taliban, and made it tilt towards India. Now by giving attack weapons to one side in Syrian civil war, we are ensuring that both Syrian government and Iran government have all the reasons to oppose Pakistan at every front and support Pakistan's arch rival India.
Looks like we are gifting our friends and/or neutral countries to India. The same India which is already overpowering us in every aspect, even in cricket.
Nawaz government is making new enemies only for a very short term gain ... some money from Saudis. A very cheap price to sell Pakistan.
Had Nawaz politely refused Saudis, it still wouldn't have made them upset at all. They have money and they can get all sorts of weapons from anywhere in the world market.