What the US can do to Pakistan, short of war.

[Ahmad]

untill the really do something, we call all of the above on the paper and meaningless.

 

[Jackdaws]

The moves of the US are bound to fail


The rich of Pakistan are so rich that nothing is going to affect their lifestyle. No amount of sanctions or cut-off aid will alter anything. They will continue to call the shots.

The poor are so poor that their lives couldn't be any worse, irrespective of new sanctions.

Short of hyperinflation, nothing is going to affect Pakistan.

 

[karan.1970]

US economy (regardless of its weak condition) is still very strong. And the cost of the Iraqi front has significantly reduced.

Here are some plans:

U.S. Now Relies On Alternate Afghan Supply Routes : NPR

US expanding non-Pakistan supply routes to Afghanistan

One thing is for sure that cost of war in Afghanistan will increase without logistics related support of Pakistan.

You are right.. But USA seems to be betting on the fact that with lower dependence on Pakistan, it will have to tolerate less of ISI/PA's shenanigans and hence reduce the total cost of ownership while taking a hit on the logistics cost of transportation.

 

[T90TankGuy]

Hopefully HBS guy will behave properly on this forum. More importantly behave yourself from being Anti-Pakistan.

no one has to be neutral mate. look at other Pakistani members here . how anti Indian they are . please ask them to be first not to be anti Indian .

 

[untitled]

Put Musharraf back in power and tell Richard Armitage to call him

 

[karan.1970]

Put Musharraf back in power and make Richard Armitage call him

As much as i detest him, Musharraf would have never let this stage come. He was far too street smart for this.. Both his civilian and military successors failed him it seems..

 

[Guest01]

You can plan a war but its impossible to imagine all possible dynamics, it could lead.

^^ Some Pakistani General, once wrote.

LoL, was this before or after Bangladesh?

On the topic: Nothing will happen in one go. The pressure will build up and the response to each threshold will be tested. Nothing can also be without reciprocation so everything that US and NATO does will have a Pakistani reciprocation. So the chronology and possibility of actions and counteractions cannot really be simply listed down. There is too much that can go wrong. Udta teer kahin to lagega hee. Better to not let the teer out.

 

[salmakh84]

Put Musharraf back in power and tell Richard Armitage to call him

Are you guys out of your mind? He was the one who put us in this place? Accepted ALL of BUSH's orders! Sold our land, air, men, women for $$$$.

 

[untitled]

Are you guys out of your mind? He was the one who put us in this place? Accepted ALL of BUSH's orders! Sold our land, air, men, women for $$$$.

That is exactly what I meant
Putting him back is just short of attacking Pakistan (The topic of the thread)

 

[fast and furious]

1. Stopping military aid. They have done this before, if Pakistan did not learn this lesson from history, they deserve to be fooled again.

2. Stopping military AND civilian aid. Again, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

3. Declaring the Haqqani Network a terrorist organisation and by implication of it further pressuring all the companies that do business with Pakistan.

4. Tightening the screws at WB, IMF. Pakistan owes a great amount of debt to the IMF. Pakistan's own fault for being in debt to IMF and Japan. Look at India, no debt no pressure.

5. Stopping Pakistanis in America from sending remittances to Pakistan. One solution, start storing Yuan reserves as well as Dollars. most countries that trade with China have started storing Yuan and lessening their reserves of Dollar because Yuan is the future dollar. won't help current remittances but in the long run, limiting remittances won't matter because the dollar will be worthless[/COLOR]

6. Tightening access to American market for Pakistani textiles and other exports. Pakistan's own fault (again) for looking too much to the West for exports. look at China, India.. invest and trade more with Africa/ Vietnam/Pacific region. China does it, why can't Pakistan look East instead of West?

7. Telling other western countries like UK and other such countries in the EU etc. to tighten the noose on Pakistan vis a vis trade, remittances etc. Again, Look East not West, the future of growth and investment lies in investing in Africa and Pacific. West is for old investors who still think in old ways.

8. Restraining Pakistan's access to western military technology either from America or Europe. Done it before during Ayub Khan's time, if Pakistan did not learn from that before, they had it coming to them. Those who cannot learn from past mistakes will always repeat them.

9. Restraining/Stopping PIA operations in America. Seriously, invest more in East, West is on the decline anyways. Even westerners are migrating to eastern countries now.

@ the bolded and black point 5-Sir what do you think governs yuan's value.
Hint- the D0ll@r.