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Archive for October, 2011

A Volcano of Lies

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in History on October 1st, 2011

Barack Obama, who pledged to restore ethical honor to the White House after the Bush years, is now burying himself under an active volcano of lies, mostly but not exclusively concerning the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
There was scarcely a sentence in the President

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Pakistan Marines – Motto: And hold fast Allah’s Rope and do not be divided

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Our Heroes on October 1st, 2011

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Ghair Shaadi Shuda Wafaqi Wazir: Pot calling the Kettle Black

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Pakistan's Hall of Shame on October 1st, 2011

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Pakistan and US Symbiotic Relationship based on Mutual Suspicions

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Foreign Policy on October 1st, 2011

The U.S.-Pakistani relationship has been going downhill ever since Navy SEALS flew in –without permission — to get Osama bin Laden.
Relations with Pakistan have gotten so bad since the raid on bin Laden’s compound, the deputy director of the CIA told a closed door hearing on Capitol Hill it’s a 3 on a scale of 10. According to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, relations are close to the breaking point.
“We’re at a crossroads with Pakistan. We’re on a collision course with Pakistan,” Graham said.
While the U.S. wants Pakistan to go after the support network which allowed bin Laden to hide in plain sight, Pakistan instead has arrested and interrogated 5 people suspected of helping the CIA pull off the raid.
It is all part of a spy versus spy game the U.S. plays with one of its most important allies, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to get used to it.
“Based on 27 years in CIA and four and a half years in this job, most governments lie to each other. That’s the way business gets done,” Gates said.
Although CIA drone strikes against terrorist safe havens in Pakistan’s border area continue without let up, Pakistani intelligence at the same time actually protects some of the terrorist groups.
The CIA gave Pakistan the location of two compounds where the explosives smuggled across the border to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan are manufactured. Someone in Pakistani intelligence apparently alerted the terrorists who immediately emptied out the compounds.
But for all the double dealing, the chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. cannot afford to turn its back on a country that has both terrorists and nuclear weapons on its soil.
“If we walk away from it, it’s my view it will be a much more dangerous place a decade from now and we’ll be back,” Adm. Mike Mullen said.
Right now, Pakistan is pushing the U.S. away. They have kicked out virtually all the Americans who were training their military.

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Why an US attack is unlikely…

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Foreign Policy on October 1st, 2011

America will not invade Pakistan, for the following reasons:

1. Scarcity of funds.

2. Little or no public appetite for another military conflict.

3. Global recession. American public debt is already tipping the scales at around $14.7 trillion, which is almost as much as its GDP ($15.2 trillion). 

The American Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the costs of the Afghan and Iraq wars will be $2.4 trillion, or around one-sixth of the total American debt.

The growth of the American economy (approx. 1.4 percent GDP) is dismal, at best. Add to this the cost of the Libyan war and the ever-rising oil prices and you get a perfect recipe for a prolonged economical recession. Meaning, America is simply out of cash to start any new wars.

Unlike Third World despots who couldn

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