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Pakistan — it’s not Iraq

September 15, 2008 - 11:20 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-09-16 12:53:56

Cannoneer No. 4:

“…if the Paks are too tough for us, why can’t they control their own frontier regions?”

Because the ISI and the Paki Army are completely infiltrated with the Talibani and their sympathizers. IIRC, roughly 30% of the army is comprised of Pashtun tribesmen from the F.A.T.A.