Why many Pakistani-Americans aren't sending flood donations home

[Captain1]

Re: Why many Pakistani-Americans aren’t sending flood donations home

@goodname

Read # 44. As far as “supporting the war” is concerned Pakistan has repeatedly rebuffed calls to launch operations in North Waziristan against Afghan Taliban. Google, for example, Haqqani network. Much to the dismay of international community, Pakistan also continues to meddle in Afghanistan and provide sanctuaries to terrorist leaders it believes it could use for leverage in future.

Pakistan meddling in Afghanistan while unable to keep itself safe, close the browser than think for a second, how much of it makes sense. Some of Haqqani leadership may be in Pakistan after they ran away from Afghanistan as result of US invasion.

@goodname

The personnel Pakistan has lost and the expenses it has incurred are because of efforts to overcome jihadists and Taliban who are attacking Pakistani civilians on a weekly, if not a daily, basis. Many of these jihadists were nurtured and supported by state agencies for years. Now that these have turned their wrath against Pakistan and want to establish their rule over the country, it is no one’s responsibility but Pakistan’s to defeat them. It is ridiculous to expect “reimbursement” from a third party for what is essentially a war for survival of Pakistan.

Did you forget who sowed the seed of this terrorism? Who is now fueling it? Pakistan is facing this was because of US. Before US invasion of Afghanistan there were no daily/weekly suicide bombings in Pakistan.

@goodname

For all I care “Pakistani public” can continue to rant against the boogeyman U.S. but many native to the tribal areas support the drone attacks. Read Farhat Taj for example. I would like to know when the U.S. claimed that all killed by drone attacks were terrorists. And from where did you learn “10% [of those killed] have been Taliban and in some cases only innocent?” Even if your figure is correct, which it most likely is not, it is not rocket science to fathom that there would be no need for drone attacks if the ISI and Pakistani army ceased their patronage of the Taliban. Yes again the Taliban in North Waziristan that plot against and attack NATO and Afghan forces, not just the faction that has turned against its former benefactors, the Pakistani establishment.

Pakistan can’t afford to open multiple fronts when one front is not fully closed. I believe Pakistani govt already mentioned that, also they said that North Waz will be taken care of after other parts are done with.

@goodname

Any sensible person attuned to the dynamics of international relations will recognize U.S. as a friend. Even the Pakistani army does that. As for aid, it is indeed laudable that U.S. has been giving billions to Pakistan, especially at a time of recession when over 10 million Americans are unemployed and there are many many poor, homeless and undernourished people in the U.S.

Personally I think US should be gone from Afghanistan. Neither US is going to be able to completely eradicate ‘terrorism’ that it claims in Afghanistan, nor there is any advantage unless US stepped in the region to keep a check on China.

@goodname

One reason why “Pak-Afghan border” is not closed is because the Afghans do not recognize it as a legitimate border! Recall that the British annexed KP, the tribal areas from Afghanistan. Afghans were forced to sign a treaty with the British recognizing the Durand line, which, after the creation of Pakistan, they now consider void. Some influential Pashtun leaders ( for instance, Abdul Gaffar Khan) in fact were opposed to the concept of Pakistan and many in Afghanistan still favor “loy Afghanistan.”

Thats a BS excuse. If that is believed to be correct excuse then it means US is openly backing Afghanistan and not supporting Pakistan for border existence. If border can’t be sealed then US should expect ‘crossing’ and need to stop whining about it.

@goodname

Also recall that Hamid Karzai has described the Durrand Line as a “line of hate” that divides Pashtuns. More importantly thus closing the “border” will not work because people on both sides of the Line are of the same ethnic group, maintain deep fraternal ties with one another and travel back and forth. However a policy of better policing and ensuring that people do not use Pakistan’s soil as sanctuaries to plot attacks against other states is eminently achievable.

Again another BS excuse. There are tons of countries in the world where border divided nations/communities/races. Look at eastern side of Pakistan, Punjab was divided into two but Pakistan-India border still exists. Tell them to come up with some other excuse.