hey

most are using the ”fall of iran” senario viz pakistan heading into the crapper. i see this more as the cuban fall under batista.

zardari is a pimp and a total con man. makes bastista look like cheney in terms of statecraft. the taliban tide is rolling in from the north. the majority of ”power pakis” could give on good shit any day of the week. the pathans are the low of the low by paki standards. its called the ”provinces” cause its out there and to far out of site to matter. this is also the region that the real paki troopers know like the back of their hand. they could put up a blistering fight if required.

before a total fall of pakistan, i see ex-president ”mush” and a band of old timers rally the troops to protect the real ”pakistan” -punjab, sind, etc. the wild card being the baluch separatists but they can’t be that keen on the t-ban…they have strategic importance with coastal ports like Ghawdar and possibly offshore oil.

so who will provide the front line defense for Islamadad and nuke sites.

forget the indians-absolutely spineless troops, inferior special forces-great job in Bombay huh…crap pilots in russian under maintained jets. pakis under general mush have already faced their best on the glaciers and the high valued indian forces didn’t measure.

besides the chaotic national elections, india is reeling from the economic downturn in key areas like food security and foreign remittances to bolster GDP. war just doesn’t seem in the cards.

the U.S. is well position in the region with Oman ”willing and able to provide logistical support” and Dubai -available to the highest bidder- with slick willy pimping for the dubai royal family in d.c..

so i feel we will be involved with the paki army special forces to protect the nukes. if you’ve been asleep this week heres’ the news flash, the NWFP-northwest frontier provinces just became part of Talistan. the real Pakistan could give a toss.

Afghanistan will be the war that never happened as our surface links are cut with the above political adjustments in NWFP.

soooo, looks like all the Emirates Airlines cargo and passenger planes that are sitting idle doing nothing in downtown dubai will get some service afterall. its amazing how little is being sent to Kabul via Dubai. doesn’t look like past operational mobs to an expanding war zone, at all.

i also anticipate a hugh pakis middle class exodus to the emirates that has surplus housing and a need to sell real estate and residency visas pronto.

hope i’m real wrong on the above, but its clear we are now more involved in Pakistan than Afghanistan, for better of worst.