While I am not a big fan of the way Pakistan has acted at times, there’s more to this proposition than the U. S. getting it’s way all the time.
A dialogue and superficial pretense of comity between the two nations has resulted in a relative cooling of hostilities between Pakistan and India.
Even as late as this year, the Pakistan government did little when we marched in and cancelled Osama Bin Laden’s ticket.
With an active theater of war in Afghanistan, it’s much preferred to at least keep a dialogue going with Pakistan. Driving them perpetually into someone else’s camp at this time would not be productive.
One rule of thumb that must always be considered.
When things look dark, could they actually get worse? In the case of Pakistan, yes. Things could be a hell of a lot worse.
There are times when even reasoned rash action, is none the less rash action, and something we should probably take a pass on for the time being. We can always take this action later if need be.
Sorry Congressman, I can’t agree for now.
“Even as late as this year, the Pakistan government did little when we marched in and cancelled Osama Bin Laden’s ticket.”
But they jailed the doctor who aided us for 30 some odd years!
Sometimes, countering what you said, we should do something that is right and proper and to hell with the other tangential issues. Your approach is what’s gotten us where we are to day, paralyzed to take any definitive action for fear of some “unintended consequences.” These worthless pricks in Pakistan might respect us if we stood for something, and cut off their money and military aid. I don’t give a rats ass about either India or Pakistan, particularly when we are expending the precious blood of our young along with our borrowed treasure on their sh!thole corner of the world. I guess you are from the “we’re hiding under our desks wing” of the Republican Party like most of those in the Congress today.
I understand your point and it is a good one.
But consider that history shows that keeping the cork in the bottle indefinitely serves to build pressure to the breaking point.
“Diplomacy” that keeps things all nice and purdy on the surface does little to nothing to resolve underlying tensions. And when those tensions finally get to a certain level, they let go all at once.
Muslims and civilized people are incompatable. There is over 1000 years of history proving that. All diplomacy with muslims does is give them time to rearm. Their teachings say so in those terms.
War is always an ugly thing. But sometimes the occasional fighting on the small scale avoids it on the larger scale...a pressure valve as it were. But ultimately muslims WILL cause war. Their history shows it. World history shows it. we can deal with this now or let it become worse for our children, when they have more nukes than they do today.
Placemark.