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US dollar crashing? It appears USD has only appreciated against the major currencies...

You do not have to control 100% of a country to achieve "victory". Tell me one war where the victor controlled each and every inch of a territory? You just have to oust the government and install a puppet government of your own to look for your strategic interests. If your strategic interests...

I was a bit misinformed at first but now I do realize US was not showing the level of trust that pakistan deserved. But I still think the punishment was too great. Antagonism with US may fail to accomplish much for pakistan.

In the history of military conflict, almost all have ended up in the negotiation table even though the victor achieved military victory decisively. For example, in WWI, the Ottoman empire was decisively defeated yet, negotiation took place at the end of conflict to divide Turkey between the...

Any admin will do. Webmaster too. what are you planning to change to?

I was merely joking... You may wish to debate on what I said though. Although it was a joke in face value, there is an element of truth in it...

Ah, it was not the correct one. Have to change again... You have to PM an admin for changing your name.

Okay. Then it seems the distrust appears from the US side rather than pakistan. And pakistan is only reciprocating it with the arrest of Dr. Afridi.

But it can also be argued that with Osama living near a military compound, US had legitimate reasons to fear that if the job was left to Pakistan authorities, they may have not been serious in the job. Perhaps, a fear that there may be sympathisers of Osama may have been involved in making the...

I agree. Also, in your experience, how much the sanctions are affecting normal Iranian life?

I agree with what you say. Yes, Cyrus helped the Jews in exile. Persia has a long history of ties with Jews. Until relationship faltered recently... As far as i know, before Ahmedinejad came to power, Rafsanjani had a balanced relationship with the west. Would you like a government like him back?

I personally think Dr. Afridi's case was too brutal. Sure, he helped the CIA to track Osama. But isn't pakistan a partner on war on terror? Is helping to track a terrorist a crime in this domain? Maybe some fine would be good as it went against normal protocols, but such a long prison sentence...

Yes, I know. I have noticed that many Iranians in the forum tend to be atheists or agnostics. Pls don't think I am saying they are bad, of course everybody has the right to their beliefs. So, personally, I think the Iranian regime may shift in the future towards a more secular model - perhaps...

I think Egypt should be a secular state, equidistant from all religions. There is a long history of religion being used as a tool in middle eastern nations. I hope Egypt gets out of the influence and everybody enjoys religious freedom and bigotry is eliminated. Egyptians are very good people...

Well, personally I think Iran would be better if it had good relations with the west. I mean, if with so much sanctions, Iran can make such progress in science, I think it would've been even more had there been no sanctions.

Of course. Iranian nation is united under one ideology and has very high moral spirit. One question, do you think Iran would be better if the Shah continued to rule? As far as I know Iran was a tiger economy in the 70s.

But missile is good for deterrence and offense. How about ground warfare? In ground warfare, MBT, APC etc are essential...

Yeah... looks similar to old T-72 models. Iran has a lot to work on MBT field I guess. :(

Let us analyse the Afghan war objectively: The following objectives were defined for war on terror: (source: President Bush Releases National Strategy for Combating Terrorism) - Defeat terrorists such as Osama bin Laden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and destroy their organizations ---> Success as...

Thank you for the link. Interesting forum. :)