A long-standing lenience towards Pakistan under both the Bush and Obama administrations has clearly done nothing to address its blatantly duplicitous nature.
Reorienting U.S. Security Strategy in South Asia
Positive movement in the India-Pakistan relationship would go a long way to stabilizing the region. Although transnational terrorism remains a serious concern, it does not carry the same existential threat as does the risk of a regional nuclear war. Reducing Indian-Pakistani tensions will alleviate the need for Pakistan to continue its support for terrorist proxies and bring their national security interests more in line with those of the United States. Movement on this underlying issue will have a positive impact on many other regional concerns and help bring to an end the chronic instability that has plagued the region for the past 50 years.
India “Soft”? Not After It Launches Its Own Kill-bin-Laden Attacks on Pakistan
Some in India see the U.S. attack on the Bin Laden compound as a chance to address their inferiority complex about their country being “soft.”
Gen. Kayani’s Tenure as Most Powerful Man in Pakistan Coming to Premature End?
In order to keep his job, Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani may read the riot act to the United States about its drone program.
Pepsi, Pot, Porn…and Politics
News sources have recently reported on an interesting assortment of materials at Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. Not only was bin Laden living far from any cave on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, his house apparently had a large supply of Pepsi and Coke (inexplicably, Pakola wasn’t good enough), a significant stash of pornography, and marijuana plants on the property.
Israel’s Madrassas
At best, when taught in schools, extremist religious views dilute the quality of education; at worst, they breed violence.
The Death of Shahzad: Leave It to the ISI to Make al Qaeda Look Tame in Comparison
Such is the depth of Pakistan’s moral corruption, that Syed Saleem Shahzad’s death leaves al Qaeda and the Taliban on a higher moral ground than Pakistan’s infamous intelligence agency, the ISI.
It’s Not Just Pakistan Whose Nuclear Program Is in Danger of Infiltration
Like Pakistan, the United States may be in danger of the wrong person getting his — or her — hands on the nuclear “button.”
WikiLeaks: Saudi-Financed Madrassas More Widespread in Pakistan Than Thought
Some feel that if the United States continues to provide financial aid to Islamabad, it will be recognized as acceptance of flourishing Islamist extremism in Pakistan.
Pakistan Makes It Hard to Defend From the “They Don’t Value Human Life” Libel
Pakistan seems oblivious to the threat that expanding its nuclear-weapons program poses.