Pakistan Army Chief Balks at U.S. Demands to Cooperate

Source: NYT/International Herald Tribune

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Despite mounting pressure from the United States since the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, seems unlikely to respond to American demands to root out other militant leaders, according to people who have met with him in the last 10 days.

While the general does not want to abandon the alliance completely, he is more likely to pursue a strategy of decreasing Pakistan’s reliance on the United States, and continuing to offer just enough cooperation to keep the billions of dollars in American aid flowing, said a confidant of the general who has spoken with him recently.

Such a response is certain to test American officials, who are more mistrustful of Pakistan than ever.

Emboldened by the May 2 raid that killed Bin Laden in Pakistan, American officials say they now have greater leverage to force Pakistani cooperation in hunting down Taliban and Qaeda leaders so the United States can end the war in Afghanistan.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/world/asia/13pakistan.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

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So...now we're relying on Pakistan to help us get out of Afghanistan.....

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!

It's not just Karzai who's filling his Swiss bank account with money he skims off of us.

Karsai is our stooge. We put him there. Google it.

no surprise

American politicians and Pakistani politicians want to appear, to their people, that they are independent and support the "will of the people." IMO, it is all lies and corruption (secret stuff, as bush might say).
In reality, we "own" Pakistan. "We" appointed their "President" and control whatever we want. We are Bullies. Ask any nation.
The most scary fact is that "we" also gave them Nuclear Weapon technology and capabilities. In turn, Pakistan "shared" (sold, I suspect) that technology with anyone (with $$), so in reality, the chances of us being struck with a nuclear weapon increased about a million-fold, so we could placate a rogue nation who we financially support.....

That should not cause us to have an increase in fear. You can't "put the Jeanie back in the bottle." However, an operation to guarantee that this technology can not be used against anyone would be (IMO) a supportable goal. You don't do that with thousands of troops. You do it subtlely....oh well. Maybe, if we ever become a Peoples Democracy....

Especially when they're not even really an enemy of our enemy.

I wish we could get rid of all nuclear weapons in the world. Including the United States.

And our own military-industrial complex must be defeated for the good of the world. And of our country.

But, still. The idea of the crazy leaders in Pakistan having nuclear weapons, especially with such a lack of internal security, scares the shit out of me.

The leaders of Pakistan are not to be trusted.

is ridiculous.

Just leave.

I watched a little of the Capture/Kill on PBS the other day and the entire time I was thinking, "we are spending billions a month to hunt and kill some guys with worn out AKs. This is the biggest scam ever in history.

If things aren't right between us, it's half our fault, first. Second, Pakistan does not control the Afghani Taliban; they don't have the power to hand us victory, that's absurd. Last, they have a Taliban of their own to contend with and their people are dying in terrorist attacks and in our attacks on them, too. The idea that it's one general being a stubborn @sshole that is causing all of this is a story only children and Americans might believe.

Someone must be minting gold in drug money over their, in black market consumer goods and god only knows what else -- defense contracts -- because this story is bs.

to fund and support the Baluchi separatists and declare Baluchistan an independent country.

Baluchistan has 70% of Pakistan's resources and they are not in love with the Pakistanis.