Games Generals Play

einsteinwallah #62
Thanks. I tried ``Bruce Reidel AND Nawaz Sharif`` and got this :

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/casi/reports/RiedelPaper051302.htm
American Diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil Summit at Blair House

Pankaj #63
I too admire the Chinese sense of self-sufficiency without hangups. I hope what you recommend is what the govt. is doing.

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einsteinwallah #62 I dont care much for our military nowadays, and regardless of whether or not Pakistan has a nuclear strategy, the fact is that mere possession of the nukes coupled with a couple of well-timed missile shots stopped the bjp paper tigers and their million man army dead in their tracks earlier this year.

PS: I can just imagine Powell dismissing a nuclear attack on India using the same argument with which he dismissed all of Pakistan nuclear proliferation to N. Korea from as early as BB`s tenure (much before the nuclear tests) to as late as July this year ``I donot wish to talk of the past for obvious reasons. I have spoken to Gen. Musharraf and he has given me an assurance that he is 400% certain no such activity is taking place at this time``

After the second nuclear attack Powell will be asked again and he will say ``As I already told you, Gen. Musharraf assured me with 400% certainity that no such activity is taking place and I have full confidence in him that he has been working sincerely toward fulfilling that assurance ``

Even to reduce loss of Indian lives in the short term, India should never depend on US assurances in its relations with Pakistan. Both the assurances US gives us and the assurances they claim they get from Pakistan are nothing but a load of lies. If we are criminally stupid enough to believe these lies, we will end up losing a lot more Indian lives in the long run.

PPS
And I think we should withdraw our no first use policy.

I would like all to read the post for a better historiography on

GENESIS OF RUTHLESS AUTHORITARIANISM AND UNDEMOCRATIC MODE OF GOVERNANCE IN THE EARLY YEARS OF PAKISTAN(1947-’55) [PART I and II]

By M. Waheeduzzaman Manik

#184 by mwzaman on January 3, 2000 1:04am PT

http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00000687&channel=civic%20center&start=0&end=9&page=1&chapter=1

I know that Musharraf would also be added to it by our future historiographers and would make us wiser at the hind sight. Let us hope that PAkistan would not be too late by then.??

Re the article:
The author would certainly be given a chance by the General to head his band brigade!!!

````Thus the General deserves to be applauded for forcing a semblance of democracy to the working of political parties. Also at no time was the media, particularly television so free and so lively (in political debates and interviews) as it is at present under General Musharraf. A great deal more has to be done to make these ‘champions of democracy’ democratic, tolerant and transparent first. However the results of the elections have made it possible for General Musharraf to sit back, relax and have the last laugh. ````
Come on !!! can you dare to speak the truth against the existing dictator????

Cheers!!!!