Zardari wants to implement stiff sanctions on terrorist financing and close down terrorist training camps, but he cant. Why? The unelected and unaccountable military and intelligence agencies wont allow it. We are also told that Kayani planned to pressure President Zardari to resign and replace him with Asfandyar Wali Khan. Er, on whose authority? Sorry, old chum, but I thought that decision fell to the Pakistani people at the ballot box, not a man who wears spaghetti on his shoulders.
The cables also reveal the armys support of the Afghan Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Correct me if I am wrong but isnt the faujis raison detre, its primary reason to exist, the first line in their handbook if you will, to protect us from enemies foreign and domestic? Or perhaps its to make cornflakes that taste of cardboard?
But the reason for the armys support for the militants is of course our hatred of India. Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Afghan Taliban, despite their continuous killing of our own citizens, are apparently a vital part of our national security. Read that sentence again and it sounds like something from Monty Python. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Yes lets threaten India by funding and supporting people who attack India and, er, ourselves. Good job
