How to handle Pakistan? 5 pointers
I have been reading Peter Tomsen’s "The Wars of Afghanistan."
One of youse recommended Peter Tomsen’s The Wars of Afghanistan, so I have been reading it. (No one told me it was the size of The Baseball Encyclopedia.)
One of youse recommended Peter Tomsen’s The Wars of Afghanistan, so I have been reading it. (No one told me it was the size of The Baseball Encyclopedia.)
I’m impressed at how much Tomsen lays at the feet of the government/military of Pakistan. Fittingly, he ends with a series of recommendations of how to be tougher with Pakistan. Among them:
– “Seek results, not assurances.”
– “Condition U.S. assistance.”
– “Place or threaten to place Pakistan on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.”
– “Pry Pakistan out of the Intra-Afghan peace dialogue.”
– “Maintain a bipartisan consensus on Pakistani policy.”
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