Russia opening new front for NATO in Afghanistan -- immense pressure on pakistan

[IceCold]

The pressure on Pakistan isn't on the logistics side, its from the "military ops." perspective. Military ops., whether conducted by the PA or NATO, are what the majority of the opposition in Pakistan is to.

Changing the supply routes is not going to neither relieve the pressure on Pakistan to act militarily, nor is it going to reduce opposition to unilateral NATO attacks on Pakistani soil.

As far as "coming back" is concerned, why should we reject cooperation in the first place? What does Pakistan gain by playing hardball here? Don't forget that the Taliban have had no qualms about attacking Pakistani interests, so if we withdraw and then have to go back in, we will have to deal with a much stronger and entrenched enemy, since all the gains so far will have been lost.

Continuing cooperation is the way to go, and convincing the US to allow the new Govt. to attempt a different tact, without withdrawing the military.

Not really! you see if they decide to go through russia, perhaps they will start poundering money into russia for their service and not pakistan as a result they push us the way they do it now, besides they will not be able to accuse pakistan of striping them of their money with no gains since there will be no money at the first place. Musharraf has also said that US wants to stop the aid sure do it, but find a new partner. In this case they already have.
Now about coming back, well i believe it will be in pakistan's longterm interest toplay the hard ball. You see why because after the failure which is very likely to happen in russia, they will come back and perhaps new negotiations will be done regarding pakistan's role in WOT and besides we do need to redefine this war.

 

[EagleEyes]

I hope that this works out for the NATO guys in Afghanistan though. Understanding that such route cannot completely replace Pakistan role... it is my belief that the less cooperation on the WoT will be better by the standards of the current government.

 

[MOSABJA]

This shows one thing that Russia too is not opposing US in Afghanistan.

The main reason is that it too fears Taliban .Because if they come into power back again it will destablise the Puppet Cent asian regimes and Chechnya.

 

[maqsad]

According to this newsflash:

Bush sees 'unprecedented' cooperation with Russia on missiles BUCHAREST, April 2 (AFP): US President George W. Bush Wednesday envisaged an “unprecedented level” of cooperation between Russia and NATO by integrating former Soviet military sites into an anti-missile system in Europe. “We are inviting Russia to join us in this cooperative effort,” said Bush in Bucharest, venue of a NATO summit that will also include Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He proposed that Soviet-era military sites could be part of a “threat-monitoring system,” and added: “This could lead to an unprecedented level of strategic cooperation between Russia and the NATO alliance.” (Posted @ 12:00 PST)

NATO itself is warming up to Russia. The rivalry over a missile shield may be a minor hitch blown out of proportion. Well, who knows, things don't always appear to be as they are: the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

And this is George W Bush speaking, not some random reporter or analyst.