In the world we live in perception is more important than reality, the trick is to ensure perception does not cross any red lines, else look at Syria or Libya.
You second para is a very important point and links to my above post..... The afghan is seeking to build a case against Pakistan, emphasis on seeking to build...... They don't have much to point to..... So overt action by the PA will backfire, the western media will pay attention to pak attacks...
What motivates the afghan mindset?
An afghan will say that it is because of pak support for the taliban which fuelled the hate, yet this simple argument can be dismantled by asking why ONLY Pakistan? Why not Saudi or America? After all Pakistan was only the final link of the chain.
So the...
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE - look it up sweetheart, i am helping you.
What is the psychological problem in understanding the reality and facts.
Why is the afghan so riled by "ISI CREATED DA TALIBAN....OMGZZZZZ" when the arabs in mujhadeen and taliban came from.....arabia....the money came...
The equation to me looks like this for the pakistani military power brokers:
on the 1 hand the pakistani military establishment would like nothing more than to have all these billion dollar toys which india is acquiring, but on the other hand to pay for these toys they need money which...
nuclear weapons seems to be damaging the pakistani military armies long term strategic thinking, its quite worrying.
thinking that nuclear weapons are a substitute for strong conventional capability seems to be an easy option of bridging the gap between india and pakistan.
the pakistan army...
Fatima an intelluctual? Lol.
Pakistani people need to smack these feudals for a 6, theyonly care about perpetuating oligarchy, includes this feudal dolly too.
The othet aspect to this is that this is a step towards india moving further away from its neighbours and into western orbit if this trajectory continues.
Ground realities have not changed but Medium to long term prospects look better since pakistan now has more avenues for weapons procurement. Am sure pak military are already thinking of ways they can leverage this.