Saudis want more Pakistani troops in KSA to save them from ISIS

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Re: Saudis want more Pakistani troops in KSA to save them from ISIS

@kakaballi

Egypt, Jordan, Saudi, Iraq, and company are more than capable of handling Isis by themselves if they put together a joint strategy.

I’d support Pakistan’s involvement if Pakistan was already safe from isis mentality. We are already fighting their affiliates at home. Millions of Pakistanis are suffering continuously because of this war. Government finds it difficult to find lawyers to fight cases against terrorists. We are facing hostilities from bother eastern and western borders.

I don’t think opening another battleground far from the country will help Pakistan in any way until things at home improve. Sure, provide training to Saudi military, but direct action will remove focus of military away from home (specially when riyals pour into military).

Right but there is nothing wrong in joining the fight itself? After all Pakistan signed up for Afghanistan (in theory) it should be fine to sign up for ISIL.

And more importantly we are not opening up a border or battleground. We are providing troops to protect Saudi Arabia. We opened up the Eastern Border when we signed up with the US. That made our life more difficult and dangerous.

Its a simple issue. If you disagree with opening up a border fighting terrorism with Saudi Arabia you should agree we shouldn’t have opened up a border with the US on terrorism.

In both cases your concern is blowback. We have had blowback for 7 years now. It will continue regardless. So instead of cowering to terrorism and being fearful we should take the fight to them.