Posted by
KsReaganite on Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:55:37 PM
Like many other noted national security personalities, I too believe that Pakistan is as much a hotbed as-if not more so than-Afghanistan when it comes to international terrorism. The difference is that Pakistan’s potential terrorists, unlike Afghans, are almost exclusively drawn from the educated, Westernized, upper middle class bourgoise of that country. The solution is not to limit civil liberties here but to deal pain where it hurts that segment of Pakistani society: put key organizations on the international terror organization list, cut off the contacts of their membership to American institutions, banks, universities, and severely limit their ability to travel to or do business with the United States. And keep the pressure on till there is concrete measurable improvement.
And please, let us dispense with the notion that somehow Pakistan’s armed forces are fully allied with the United States. It is an overtly broad generalization. Pakistan has great soldiers, airmen, and military officers, but many amongst those are not exactly on our side.