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06-03-2012 , 01:32 PM

RajHendon

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Fact 1: Bin Laden killed in a safe house, 1km away from Pakistan's premier military training academy

Fact 2: Pakistani population is extremely anti-American, but Pakistan's enemy India is extremely pro-American. See this link: http://futurist.typepad.com/my_weblo...he_world_.html

Fact 3: Pakistani intelligence service has proven links to not only historical support for Al-Quaeda and related movements, but existing support

Pakistan: ally or foe?

06-03-2012 , 01:39 PM

BluffsOften

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RajHendon

nukes though

06-03-2012 , 01:46 PM

RajHendon

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Originally Posted by BluffsOften

nukes though

Sad but true.

06-03-2012 , 01:51 PM

[Phill]

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Its a very girly friendship where the two countries talk **** about each other behind their backs.

06-03-2012 , 02:01 PM

Trolly McTrollolol

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Foe ainec.

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06-03-2012 , 02:02 PM

2/325Falcon

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Frenemy.

06-03-2012 , 03:33 PM

RajHendon

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Originally Posted by 2/325Falcon

Frenemy.

Yes, for sure.

06-03-2012 , 03:34 PM

RajHendon

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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollolol

Foe ainec.

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Ahhhh, that would be a pity. We've just got started.

06-03-2012 , 04:00 PM

DeucesAx

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If Pakistan ever openly becomes a foe it's going to be interesting how the huge Pakistani minority in England behaves and gets treated.

06-03-2012 , 04:11 PM

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[Phill]

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Lol. Please, do go on.

Boycott of curry houses across the nation or are you talking about something more general?

06-03-2012 , 04:21 PM

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joeyDizzle

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I'm sure many of them are already under surveillance.

06-03-2012 , 04:52 PM

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Huskalator

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Fact 4: Their government needs us and we need them.

We are friends even though sometimes we pretend not to be.

EDIT: also nukes

06-03-2012 , 04:58 PM

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DeucesAx

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Quote:

Originally Posted by [Phill]

Lol. Please, do go on.

Boycott of curry houses across the nation or are you talking about something more general?

Full blown war between the USA, their lapdog England and Pakistan. Maybe India chimes in. The only affect on society is what kind of fast food ppl consume?

I hope you are right.

06-03-2012 , 05:00 PM

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LirvA

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Baboo ended up testifying against the Seinfeld gang. Pakistan is clearly an enemy.

06-03-2012 , 05:03 PM

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[Phill]

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DeucesAx

Full blown war between the USA, their lapdog England and Pakistan. Maybe India chimes in. The only affect on society is what kind of fast food ppl consume?

I hope you are right.

The war will last around 5 hours and Britain wont go anywhere near it.

06-04-2012 , 03:08 AM

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RajHendon

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The best way to get Pakistan is to allow the Taliban to overrun it. A nuclear-armed Pakistan in the hands of the Taliban would be unacceptable not only to India, but to the USA and Israel too.

Under such circumstances, an Indo-US-Israel alliance would be the way forward.

In my view, Pakistan presents a larger threat to global security than any other country. It would have been finished off by now, were it not for its nukes.

06-04-2012 , 03:13 AM

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RajHendon

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Quote:

Originally Posted by [Phill]

Lol. Please, do go on.

Boycott of curry houses across the nation or are you talking about something more general?

Actually, it is the Bangladeshis who run the curry houses in the UK. The Pakistanis are primarily cab drivers - the women generally stay at home and are not allowed to get jobs by their men. As for the Indians (both men and women), they are doctors, lawyers, accountants, business people etc.

06-04-2012 , 03:16 AM

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RajHendon

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huskalator

Fact 4: Their government needs us and we need them.

We are friends even though sometimes we pretend not to be.

EDIT: also nukes

Fact 4 is true (for the time being), but fact 4 does not imply friendship.

06-04-2012 , 03:30 AM

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JayTeeMe

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We've been dropping friendship bombs on their people for quite some time now.

06-04-2012 , 03:33 AM

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RajHendon

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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe

We've been dropping friendship bombs on their people for quite some time now.

= FACT 5.

Yes, and such bombs have saved many British and American lives in Afghanistan.

06-04-2012 , 04:27 AM

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JayTeeMe

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And how do you think they've affected the Pakistani's opinion of wrt friend or foe?

If Russia was regularly blowing up Englishmen (and the first responders) would that affect how you felt about Russia?

06-04-2012 , 06:27 AM

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Skidz

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Originally Posted by RajHendon

sounds like some kind of fantastical scenario, the illusion of taliban strength in pakistan exists purely because the ISI does not kill the taliban off because they plan to control frontier afghanistan thorugh them once nato have left.

india nor america have any real appetite for war with pakistan and despite a chequered history israel is fairly indifferent towards pakistan these days.

06-04-2012 , 06:33 AM

#23

Cwocwoc

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RajHendon

What stereotypical nonsense.

Re Pakistan and the "war on terror" they wanted no part of it but were forced into it. They have to stay and re-establish peace after the Americans have gone home which can't come soon enough for them.