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Originally Posted by fromQAU
excellent analysis sir;
the whole world sloganed at the time of 9/11 that "WE ARE ALL AMERICANS".the countries always formulate such policies that best serve their national interest.security, survival, sovereignty and national and territorial integrity are some of the fundamental national interests.and of course, the then foeign policy makers of general musharaf paved us a right direction.but i dun think that they had calculated the pros and cons of this new tack.this all the massacre and butchery attached with terror infrastructure has come like a bolt from blue. none had expected that we are going to entangle ourselves in a carnage that wl take decades to obviate and deal a clout to the very existence of Pakistan .at this critical juncture, things seem to be going haywire and into a tailspin.
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Originally Posted by fromQAU
excellent analysis sir;
the whole world sloganed at the time of 9/11 that "WE ARE ALL AMERICANS".the countries always formulate such policies that best serve their national interest.security, survival, sovereignty and national and territorial integrity are some of the fundamental national interests.and of course, the then foeign policy makers of general musharaf paved us a right direction.but i dun think that they had calculated the pros and cons of this new tack.this all the massacre and butchery attached with terror infrastructure has come like a bolt from blue. none had expected that we are going to entangle ourselves in a carnage that wl take decades to obviate and deal a clout to the very existence of Pakistan .at this critical juncture, things seem to be going haywire and into a tailspin.
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Thanx.
You know where the policies went wrong. Initially Americans didnt secure the border areas of pakistan and afghanistan. They should have done that.
Secondly the troop commitment was minimal. Americans won the war with just 2200 special operation forces (SOPs), suffering one casualty only. They flushed the talibans out of strategic locations at the cost of just 3bn dollars. This was the cheapest war in recent history. This added to the confidence of neocons particularly richard armitage and donald ramsfeld(who was single handedly dealing with pakistan at that time).
They had expected a big resistence but they found nothing. Soon they started devising plans to attack iraq, completely forgetting afghanistan.
Increased dependence on war lords,turning blind eye to poppy crop, less troop commitment, reluctance on the part of europeans allies to send the troops on forefront, Slower afghan force training, civilain casualties by nato jets, and no commitment for nation building added to failure.
Though Musharaf's decision to align with America was correct but his subsequent policies to protect some afghan taliban leaders was a complete disaster. Musharaf palyed game with americans as he was in search of american approval(for financial aid). Musharaf knew if the war is ended soon, america might leave him,So he intentionaly tried to prolong the war.