Naah. War of a thousand warnings.
Great game played by superpower with 14 aircraft carriers to squeeze India by taking advantage of TSP's existential threat to India .. Just like their phor phaathers reincarnation .....
Naah. War of a thousand warnings.
So that 2011 budget 495.2 bn PKR is 189 bn in Y2000 PKR. So, in constant PKR, GDP has gone up 6019.77/3897.45 = 1.54-fold, while in constant PKR, the defence budget is up by 1.43 times.Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Pakistan in year 2010 is 261.709 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Source: Central Bank Latest actual data: 2010 Harmonized prices: No. Data refer to fiscal years Frequency of source data: Monthly Base year: 1997 Primary domestic currency: Pakistan rupees Data last updated: 03/2011
Yup, those three are clearly RAPE's and it's intended to show (their fellow RAPEs, their RAPE friends and counterparts in India, etc.) how much freedom there is in Packeeland to be critical of the Packee establishment and how hip, "liberal and rebellious" the Packee youths are. We are to believe that the Packee youth are no different from the youth in India, Europe and the US. This hip/cool/whatever "political protest" video is part of the mask the RAPEs put on to deceive the world and themselves. Pure Packee propaganda. It's not sincere, it's just posing, mimicry.Shiv wrote:
I think too much is being made of Aloo Andey. The guitar skills of that young Paki denotes that he comes from the RAPEst of RAPEs.
Setting the stage for a high-level diplomatic showdown, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly warned Pakistan’s leaders on Thursday that they would face serious consequences if they continued to tolerate safe havens for extremist organizations that have crossed the border to attack Americans and Afghans.
“There’s no place to go any longer,” Mrs. Clinton said, referring to Pakistan’s leadership, in some of the Obama administration’s most pointed language to date. “The terrorists are on both sides” of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. “They are killing both peoples,” she said.
“No one should be in any way mistaken about allowing this to continue without paying a very big price,” Mrs. Clinton said before leaving for Pakistan for what is certain to be a tense visit by an unusually powerful American delegation sent to demand greater Pakistani cooperation in fighting Al Qaeda and other extremists groups.
Mrs. Clinton will be joined by the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, and the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, David H. Petraeus, who stepped down as the senior military commander in Afghanistan this year.
Senior administration officials have described the delegation as an effort by the administration to display a united front to a Pakistani government that appears increasingly suspicious toward — if not openly hostile to — American policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. While those officials suggested that they hoped to persuade the Pakistanis to cooperate, Mrs. Clinton’s remarks here in Afghanistan’s capital suggested the delegation would deliver a much sharper warning as well.
Her remarks underscored the fact that the war in Afghanistan — along with the hopes for a smooth American withdrawal by 2014 — has become fully intertwined with Pakistan’s own insurgents, some of whom have the support of the country’s security services.
and Pakistan's response ...While the Obama administration has pressed Afghanistan to seek reconciliation with some elements of the Taliban, Mr. Karzai said on Thursday that that would not be possible without the positive involvement of Pakistan.
“We believe that the Taliban to a very, very great extent — to a very, very great extent — are controlled by establishments in Pakistan, stay in Pakistan, have their headquarters in Pakistan, launch attacks from Pakistan,” he said.
Pakistani paramilitary forces killed 34 Taliban militants in clashes in the restive tribal region on the Afghan border on Thursday, the military said.
Three soldiers were also killed in the battle.
"Militants attacked FC soldiers while they were carrying out search operation in the area," the military said in a statement referring to the paramilitary Frontier Corps. "Security forces responded effectively."
No in fact I had a different thought on this - though the fact that R man posted it was curious. The existence of that video has been "made to go viral" so that it has reached unusual circles in unusual places. That is what made me suspicious. It would be interesting to work backwards from where R man heard about it and where the person who alerted him got the info. It may be innocuous - like a son/daughter talking of a Facebook link.Multatuli wrote: Even Rangudu, usually an astute observer, fell for it.
The headline says the tallel, highel fliend supports the Baki bid for non-permanent membership.Acharya wrote:China backs Pak bid for non-permanent UNSC seat, India upset
Times of India - 12 hours ago
BEIJING: India's hopes of obtaining Chinese backing for a seat in the United Nations Security Council came up against a rock with the Chinese foreign ministry saying on Wednesday that it was seriously considering Pakistan's case for the coveted place.
somehow this post is like deja-vu. I read the same order of post earliergakakkad wrote:
Naah. War of a thousand warnings.
Great game played by superpower with 14 aircraft carriers to squeeze India by taking advantage of TSP's existential threat to India .. Just like their phor phaathers reincarnation .....
This is something Shortcut Aziz did. He moved the reported GDP from inflation adjusted GDP to niminal. Meaning it is no longer adjusted for inflation and is no longer based on a base year. This allows them to show ever bigger GDP every year, save face, while growing at 1%-2%, which is below population growth.A_Gupta wrote:So that 2011 budget 495.2 bn PKR is 189 bn in Y2000 PKR. So, in constant PKR, GDP has gone up 6019.77/3897.45 = 1.54-fold, while in constant PKR, the defence budget is up by 1.43 times.
Again, all these numbers are suspect, but they do not support Kayani's contention.
RamaY wrote: somehow this post is like deja-vu. I read the same order of post earlier
I think there is pro quid quo for TSPA to make brave statements and allow the US to increase the drones. Maybe they will be unannounced drone attacks. Right now H&D gets hurt due to announcement of regualr drone strikes.Prepare for the worst
Pakistan is on its way to becoming a runaway nuclear rogue state, says N.V.Subramanian.
19 October 2011: Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has told his country's national assembly that the US has to think "ten times" before attacking the Haqqani network in North Waziristan. Members of the national assembly who heard Kayani say the army chief also warned that Pakistan was not Iraq or Afghanistan to be walked over by the United States.
Earlier in the week, Pakistan's defence minister, Ahmad Mukhtar, held out a different kind of threat to the United States. Protesting the increased drone attacks in North Waziristan, he said Pakistan's patience was running out. He added significantly that Pakistan was a responsible nuclear power and could not accept the killing of its people in such attacks.
What do these two statements of Ahmed Mukhtar and General Kayani taken together signify?
Obviously, in the hierarchy of the power structure in Pakistan, Kayani stands way above Ahmed Mukhtar. Mukhtar is not from the military, being a technocrat and a businessman. His background would make him pro-West and he was in the running for the prime-ministership which finally went to Yousaf Raza Gilani.
It might be suggested that Mukhtar overreached himself in speaking about Pakistan's deterrent in relation to the drone attacks in North Waziristan. The obvious construction on what he said would be that Pakistan would nuke the drone power, namely the United States. Since that cannot happen in mainland United States, its forces in Afghanistan would be vulnerable to Pakistani nukes. That would be literally what the defence minister meant.
This is crazy talk. Nobody speaks of nuking so casually although Pakistan has a history of nuclear sabre-rattling (in the late nineties) with India. Nobody dare utter such sentiments anyway in relation to the United States, certainly not anybody from the Pakistan establishment. The Al-Qaeda might do it. But the fact remains that the Pakistan defence minister, an experienced government hand, said as much.
And it becomes more significant after Kayani's tough talk in Pakistan's national assembly. The defence minister may still be a marginal player, although he isn't. But Kayani is Pakistan, so to speak. The real power-centre in Pakistan is the army, and Kayani heads it. He has lost his sheen after a US raid killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad. But he is still powerful. Wounded but powerful.
His statement that the US would have to think ten times before launching a military strike in North Waziristan is a direct challenge to America. Never before have Pakistani differences with the US been framed in such bellicose terms. True, the US has come close to calling Pakistan a terror state. But for Pakistan to throw a return challenge is surprising.
How could Pakistan retaliate against the United States?
The first option is blocking supplies to the US troops in Afghanistan. Retired Pakistani military officers are stoking public opinion in the North West against these supplies to US troops. Supplies have been blocked in the past. But it does not represent such a powerful lever as to stop US military moves in North Waziristan.
The second option is to commission attacks against principal US targets like its embassy in Kabul. This was done last month by the Haqqani network in close collaboration with the ISI. Indeed, the motive of the attack becomes clear now. If the US attacks in North Waziristan, its key military and diplomatic assets in Afghanistan will come under fire.
You could argue that this has been Pakistan army/ ISI/ Haqqani network policy for years now. But it has received a boost in view of the imminent US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Kayani's national assembly statement may constitute a faster radicalization of Pakistani options against the US in Afghanistan.
At its worst, it may mean that all bets are off if the US attacks North Waziristan. It may be war. And if you insert the threat of the Pakistan defence minister, it could even mean employment of the nuclear option. Before it is dismissed as poppycock, Kayani and Ahmad Mukhtar should be asked to explain their respective articulations. And if they are serious, the world must prepare for the worst.
And this is that Pakistan is a short way from becoming a runaway rogue nuclear terror state.
SSridhar, it is this misreading which was jolted when IA moved I Corps elements, including the 33rd Armored Division, from the general area Sambha/Chicken's Neck to between 2 Corps and 21 Corps...TSPA was faced with the prospect of facing the entire might of the strike elements of Indian Army (to quote Y_Patel sahab, the rudra avatar of IA). Such was the panic that PA 31 Corps was shifted from Bahawalpur to Pano Aquil and the much famed Army Reserve South (ARS) and its 1st Armored Division were deployed forward in a defensive manner. It is said that when the GOC 1st Armored Division protested the deployment in a defensive manner (and not as a offensive tool), he was sacked.SSridhar wrote: <SNIP>Substantial troops from the Eastern Command took PA by surprise, by all accounts. The British Ambassador in Islamabad, Sir Hilary Synnot, has reported Musharraf's misreading of the situation that India would not go to war. I consider this as coming out of Pakistani assessment that India would not escalate under any provocation. Again, after the January 12 speech by Musharraf, the PA assessed that the IA would no longer attack them as the window of opportunity has passed. <SNIP>
ramana garuramana wrote:If US conducts another Abortabad raid or takes cross border action against the TSPA, then its curtains for the TPSA in its role as kabila guards.
I think there is pro quid quo for TSPA to make brave statements and allow the US to increase the drones. Maybe they will be unannounced drone attacks. Right now H&D gets hurt due to announcement of regualr drone strikes.
That way snake will be killed and lathi wont be broken.
Dont worry guys, if Pakistan ever becomes a permanent member UNSC, then that will be the end of UNO.RamaY wrote:^ Thanks. Stupid me. The article sounded as if it was permanent seat.
If it is non-permanent seat from Asia then India should propose Myanmar or Afghanistan and use its good offices to get the elected. It will be win-win for India
Excellent, Sir, really excellent. Thank you for putting this up so clearly. I hope those who propose restructuring in terms of lesser Strike Corps or lower number of tanks read this.shiv wrote: <SNIP> India will have to surprise Pakistan and overrun Pakjab and split Pakistan in a matter of one week. That is why Indians come up with things like "Cold Start" whether the idea is workable or not. The one thing that does not get discussed on here very often is what role the US can play. Simply put, the US can warn Pakistan of impending attack and monitor Indian activity and tell them about that during a hot war. There is no way we could prevent that. We can argue on the forum and say that "We should be strong enough to beat Pakistan despite that" but "beating Pakistan" would mean concluding a Pakistan breaking war in ten days flat. If it goes on longer Pakistan will be able to muster enough forces to stop India. US intelligence and arms can help to prolong the war just enough to help Pakistan survive. If India are planning military action against Pakistan we have to dhoti shiver about these uncertainties before we fight the war rather than find out that it happened after an unsuccessful war. We owe it to our military to be aware of this sort of outcome. I bet my left testimonial that the day India acquires the capability of doing this to Pakistan despite US or Chinese help, Pakis will start talking seriously about peace with India. We are not there yet.<SNIP>
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the country's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency had to sever all ties with the Haqqani militants. His comments are the latest sign of a tougher, coordinated public line – echoed by Leon Panetta, US defence secretary, and Cameron Munter, Washington's ambassador to Islamabad in recent days – amid frustration at Pakistan's slow progress in moving on Haqqani bases along the Afghan border. This year has seen relations between the two allies plunge to their lowest point since 9/11, when US officials reportedly warned Pakistan's intelligence director to prepare to be bombed "back to the Stone Age" if it did not go along with America's campaign against the Taliban. In a speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Admiral Mullen said he had raised the matter with his Pakistani counterpart, General Ashfaq Kayani, during a meeting at the weekend. "We covered ... the need for the Haqqani Network to disengage, specifically the need for the ISI to disconnect from Haqqani and from this proxy war that they're fighting," he said.
It's a funny song, and a very slick video.hnair wrote:Just watched the video for a short period and breezed over the rest. Aaloo Anday video is 400% professionally shot and edited. Since pakis dont have any fine-arts or movie schools of **ANY** repute, this seems a funded project with lots of planning behind the characters, production etc.
Expect more such, as the cost of video production has plummeted worldwide.
Believe what you will, Sanjay, but on this one point you are certainly wrong. Take it from me as a professional in areas related to digital media; this is no little independent garage-band video made by a few brave young anarchists in their spare time. Serious money was spent on it. In India it would have cost anywhere between Rs. 6 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh per minute, to produce. No mere "youtube user" has that kind of change lying around to blow on a free timepass video.sanjaykumar wrote: -production values are fairly straight forward
You're right, and they do all the time.Nandu wrote:Saying it is produced in India is not a CT. Even Pakis can hire an Indian company for production.
Aloo Andey taquiyyakenop wrote:Aloo-Andey video news was published in today's Indian Express.
the song or production?Acharya wrote:
Where is this from
Coke studio Arif Lohar Jugni with lyrics
It has hit 6M + hits in youtube
" A physicist, a chemist and an economist are stranded on an island, with nothing to eat. A can of soup washes ashore.
The physicist says, "Let's smash the can open with a rock."
The chemist says, "Let's build a fire and heat the can first."
The economist says, "Let's assume that we have a can-opener..." "
The best bargain is Kalifornia for Kashmir .MurthyB wrote:The Scaffers want a grand bargain now. Because they think that India has no legitimate interests in Afghanistan if Kashmir were "settled", and because Afghans are the US's to give away to the Pakis.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir: A grand bargain?
Many Americans think that all these regiona are the same. There are several who think that entire region is one.MurthyB wrote:The Scaffers want a grand bargain now. Because they think that India has no legitimate interests in Afghanistan if Kashmir were "settled", and because Afghans are the US's to give away to the Pakis.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir: A grand bargain?