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In the days before the Empire,generals – particularly Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs – kept their mouths shut. The Founders’ justified fears of military intrusion into the political realm were still present in the American consciousness,and the idea that an American general might try to influence policy directly,by making public statements on controversial . . . →Read More:War is too serious an issue to be left to the Generals  Leave a comment  Vent it Out!  Admiral Mullen's testimony,American consciousness,American general,Extremist organizations,generals,Haqqani network,ISI,Joint Chiefs,Lashkar-e-Taiba,LeT,NATO,Pakistan,Pakistani army,Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency,Quetta Shura,September 13th attacks against the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,Taliban attacks on US forces,U.S.-Pakistan relations,War is too serious an issue to be left to the Generals Pakistan should be one,not both;and its people should choose between paranoia and power before it’s too late For Pakistan,the writing on the wall is clear:Since 2001,we sided with the US in its War on Terror,which was actually a War OF Terror. . . . →Read More:A Paranoid,Nuclear Nation One comment Speaker's Corner A Paranoid,Actually a War Of Terror,Al Qaeda,Area 14/8,BLA,BLUF,bra,civil targets,financed,HuJI,IMU and other groups,India and Karzai-led Afghanistan,JeM,Jundullah,LeT,motivated and deployed by powerful external powers,multi-front war,Nuclear Nation,Pakistan should be one,paranoia and power before it's too late,passive participant,SSP,TTP,unconventional war where non-state actors are being trained,War on terror March 23 is the day every Pakistani celebrates a holiday. What for? In 1940,the All India Muslim League gathered at Lahore,Pakistan,to resolve for the creation of an independent Muslim homeland,as the Muslims were a separate nation of the Indian subcontinent. Enough of the history lesson;where are we today? Are we . . . →Read More:My Promise to Pakistan For better or worse,the amplification accorded to a voice is seldom commensurate with the rationality of the views it espouses. This fact has never been truer than in the present times;an age of powerful media linked with powerful interests. With limited air time and printing space available,the voices that do receive attention . . . →Read More:Voices of Pakistan The Truth Shall Set You Free In a world consumed with niceties and courtesies,where insults and admonishments are laced and veiled with subtleties and adornments,Wikileaks broke quite a few boundaries. Firstly,it dealt a deathly blow to the veil of secrecy (or ignorance) behind which the powers-that-be plotted and planned,whilst the . . . →Read More:True Lies:Wikileaks and the Pakistani Media Leave a comment Media Reforms Al Qaeda,AlQaeda-Taliban-LeT combine,Americans,Army Chief General Singh,Asfandyar Wali Khan,commence mudslinging and infighting,DG ISPR,extrajudicial killings,former Indian Army Chief,former ISI general urged militants,former US Ambassador to India David Mulford,General Kapoor,General Kiyani played with the idea of replacing President Zardari,Hindutva groups,India-centric stories where Pakistan,Indian Army Generals or Hindu extremism,killed Afghans and Iraqis for sport,killings by US troops in Iraq,LeT,most powerful and well-entrenched intelligence agency in the world,next Wikileaks release,opportunity for the Pakistani media,Pakistan Army,Pakistan Spy Service Aids Insurgents,Pakistani blogosphere,Taliban,The Truth Shall Set You Free,True Lies:Wikileaks and the Pakistani Media,US forces intercepted information of Taliban elements plotting and planning attacks in Afghanistan,war logs,Wikileaks,Wikileaks broke quite a few boundaries,Wikileaks release A cable from US Embassy in Islamabad leaked by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks disclosed that there were enough evidences of Indian involvement in Waziristan and other tribal areas of Pakistan as well as Balochistan. The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha’s extension in services was termed as a good omen in one such cable and . . . →Read More:Indian hand evident in Balochistan,Waziristan | |||
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