How Nuclear-Armed Rivals Pakistan and India Will Test Obama

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Robert Bernier 1:41AM January 02, 2010

How conveniently you forget that whole Pakistani existence is based on charity from others, which is pocketed by its leaders, beginning from Jinnah.
When Pakistan seperated from India to feed the political aspirations of Jinnah, Gandhi made sure that they got a fair share of money from the Treasury to start the new nation - but as you would expect from any Paki, he pocketed the money and pushed his country towards future miseries. And following dictators did not disappoint. Only in that country a Prime Minister in exile for corruption charges can come back and become a Prime Minister again!!
Pakistan has no industry no commerce and stolen technology as it claim to "fame", and they like to think that the technology which India has is from Soviets... come on guys, take a breather from reading your qorans and look around you. In 60 years, India has discovered water on moon, and all you guys can do is kiss ass of the person whole stole and got you nuke tech, and then true to the form, sold it to North Korea. Hilarious. In 60 years, India is on path to become the biggest economic power house, while your economy rots. Kool Boy from WA you are pathetic ignorant ahole.:-)

SuperMan of MO 3:07PM December 01, 2009

Despite all other important issues, we must invest some time to investigate the true origin and destination of human being. Rest is B.S. Countries will rise and fall, power will shift from one place or country to another, its not important. Look at the history and you will get the answer.
Important thing is the destination, we all are headed for.If we put all of our resources ( without being biased) into finding out the truth about the creation and the one who is responsible for creating all these billions of galaxies and other creations. Once we know the truth THEN TND THEN ONLY OUR PROBLEMS WILL COME TO AN END. Like they say ignorance of law is no excuse, similarly on the day of recogning, nobody will be excuse just because they did,nt know. We must know and obey the creator just like we know and obey the laws of the coumntry we are living in. We are living in this country called planet earth, we must invest some time to know who created and running the show and must come to terms with this reality and act accordingly. We are all like a big family, the day we realise this , our problems will start traveling towards an END. Lets not waist time and start today, GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BEST WISHES TO THE FAMILY.

Naveed Sheikh of TX 4:27AM October 04, 2009

well USA knows what to do, because USA leaders can not forget the help of pakistan during soviet era, and still pakistan is doing every thing possible to be an all weather ally of USA, but if USA wants to choose india because of its booming economy and anti-chinese idiology, i dont think so it would be a good idea.
once india was close ally of then Soviet Union and now russia, but they never proved a good friend, Russia did every thing for them from defence of offence, now india is a nuclear power only because of then Soviet union, but what happened to their help, without giving a pini they lost india, and india turned to USA and west,
one day when they will achieve their objectives, they will forget USA also and join any other power to be against USA
my thinking is not equivalent to those who decide US foreign policy, but repeating mistake is not a mistake, so why should US do when Russia already done

Kool boy of WA 12:25PM September 12, 2009

There are great problems facing not just the US but the world regarding security in South Asia. The nuclear issue makes the stakes that much higher (another reason why allowing Iran to beecome a nuclear power is a bad idea, even if Israel would ever let that happen). Still, for the US to make headway in Afghanistan requires the support (and active engagement) of Pakistan. If Pakistan is not prepared to deal with its internal troubles, there is little hope of success in Afghanistan. Have a look at www.asiachroniclenews.com. There are some good articles available there.

Sam 5:56PM July 28, 2009

Who gave Pakistan the means and technology for atomic and hydrogen bombs? It is USA and USA's ally, China. Who continues to pump in money to sustain the Islamic military of Pakistan? Again, USA and China. Who pumped money into China and continues to pump money and technology into China? Again USA. USA has still not forgotten the Soviet Union. USA's greatest enemy historically and even now is China. More Americans have been killed by Chinese and China's puppet Jihadis than USSR ever did.
High time USA realised the truth of China and Pakistan otherwise USA itself will be bombed out of existence by Chinese nukes or Chinese sponsored Jihadis.
Stop pumping money into these rouge states and the rest will follow. Stop buying from China and stop all technology transfer to China. China will implode faster than USSR and its puppet will come to its senses.

Rajinder Kumar 5:01AM July 18, 2009

India and Pakistan were once unified.....this sound relationship is still important we cannot forget the past,because we are the past and the present ....in my view the people of the Bhagavad Gita have more knowledge and experience than most Islamists and will know what to do when the inevitable situation becomes obvious.....they have done it before and they can do it again.... I would be very happy if Uncle Sam and Obama would stop getting involved in every territorial dispute on our little planet...and became aware of our home grown gangsters and crooks not a few who wear well bleached white shirts.....

Steve S. Roisman of CA 12:52AM March 15, 2009

Mumbai is less linked to Kashmir than the 9/11 act of terrorism was to the presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia. From all accounts one of the key reasons for the formation of Al Qaeda was the fact that the Saudi government ignored Osama bin Laden who argued that getting Iraq out of Kuwait was something that jihadis could do.
Kashmir legally acceded to India - whether the Hindu ruler should have done so without taking into account the desires of the muslim population in Kashmir is something else. Also you need to remember that J&K has Hindu majority areas (Jammu), Buddhist majority areas (Ladakh). The vote to determine the populations choice could not be held (in 1948) as the first condition was for Pakistani forces to withdrawn, followed by a draw-down of Indian forces 'save what was required for security'.
Indian governed Kashmir has had more open elections to ascertain the will of the people than Pakistan has.

sapper of CT 1:18PM January 17, 2009

Mr. Obama opines that solution for Afghan problem lies in Pakistan and therefore US should focus on Pakistan, in other words he means US should launch strikes in Pakistani tribal areas with or without Pakistan’s permission. The ill spoken Pakistani Prime Minister has been repeating again and again that the so called 'Sovereignty' of Pakistan will not be compromised. No matter how much he toots the sovereignty horn US is definitely going to conduct strikes in terror infested Pak-Afghan borders. Pakistan’s economic, social & political situation has decayed severely due to its participation in War on terror and President elect Barrack Obama is going to make it even worst for Pakistan by taking the war from Afghan-Pak border into Pakistan. Compared to what is going to come the past 7 years has been a relatively good time for Pakistan.

Pritash Chaudry 4:34PM January 12, 2009

STOP linking Mumbai to Kashmir or to Palestine. It is the same thing as linking 9/11 to Palestine. Some people are deliberately trying to hide behind Kashmir or Palestine to justify Mumbai. It is the same thing as terrorist hiding behind ISLAM. DO NOT let the terrorists hide behind any smoke screen. Paki Govt and press are deliberately trying to hide some people. I wonder who these people are and Govt is hiding them!! From Govt?? from ISI?? Is the mastermind more important than NSA(National Security Advisor)? Why else would the Govt go so far as sacking the NSA to hide these people?

David of CA 11:56AM January 10, 2009