pakistan is harboring al qaeda, lashker e toiba and other militants with a sole aim to destabilise india ,afghanistan .why the us fails to declare it a rogue country?
2007-07-23 09:27:23 · 19 answers · asked by geyamala 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is a democracy...we don't attack democracies, no matter who they are hiding....see Saudi Arabia
2007-07-23 09:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I can think of many reasons why the US government does not want to invade Pakistan, especially in the area where they believe Osama is.
1. It is mountainous terrain known better by the tribal leaders, who are protecting Osama, than by American miltary. Americans would lose many people, like the Persians did against the Greeks at Thermoplylae. The Greeks ambushed the Persians at every pass. You can use planes, but you would not be fighting an army, you'd be fighting bush wackers,
2. The American forces are already overextended. They do not need to be tied down in another area of the world fighting in a place where nobody likes them and anyone can be an enemy. This is guerilla warfare. No one is a friendly, everyone could be an enemy.
3. People are coming from every Islamic nation to fight against the great Satans, Americans. Even after you finish killing these insurgents, new ones will come out of the woodwork. Most of these future terrorists are being protected by "legitimate" "friendly" governments.
The United States would do better to spend its money on finding an alternative to oil as a fuel and trying to spread more wealth among the poor of the world by the founding of industries and schools. It is only because so many people hunger for something better in life that they are willing to consume the tripe handed out to them by the purveyors of fear and terror. Ultimately, the very thing they are fighting for will be destroyed. Hatred feeds hatred and fear feeds fear. Maybe if people could spend more time working and earning a good living they wouldn't be spending their time killing each other. Where are the true leaders of industry when we need them?
2007-07-23 15:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by cavassi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pakistan the government is not harboring Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is fighting to control a part of Pakistan, there is a difference.
Mushareff has a problem in that his people likely support Al Qaeda before him. And after 9/11, Bush made the tactical error of trusting that Mushareff would be able to secure his own country from Al Qaeda. He clearly can not, he wouldn't even be able to secure his own life if it weren't for our support.
It would have been more effective to surround and destroy Al Qaeda then regardless of whether they were in Pakistan or Afghanistan. At this point, Mushareff might be the best friend we have around there. Which is sad.
2007-07-23 09:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Incognito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Bush has given the corrupt militant Pakistan Leaders already 30 Billion (yes30,000,000,000.00$) of our tax money in the last couple of years, betting on a dead horse. Same like the Saudis, Pakistan is under Bush's protection, because they suck up to him, despite harboring the root cause for terrorism through fanatical Islam.
2. There is not a single US soldier left to participate in anything, Afghanistan is held together by the European Military. Iraq has stretched our budgets and military to the limits already.
3. Any invasion by the USA is idiotic, set up for failure and has no positive consequences whatsoever.
Solution - Let's mind our own business here. Let's use our money and soldiers to protect our own borders, repair our failing infrastructures and support education, medicare and jobs.
2007-07-23 09:42:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, lets imagine the following:
When Osama escaped into Pakistan,that the USA went in and got him and to destroy AlQuaeda.
Instead we invaded Iraq.
So my guess is that the people making these decisions don't really care about finding Bin Laden or defeating Alquaeda. I think the powers that be actually like having the specter of Bin laden out there so that we can be continued to be good and scared .....especially when they want to distract us from any hot and heavy issues threatening them.
2007-07-23 09:31:58 · answer #5 · answered by ron j 1 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Because Bush listens to Cheney who wanted to attack Iraq, not the CIA who repeatidly told him (accurately) what would happen and told him that Bin Laden went to Pakistan.
The Pakistani gov't will not even send people into the area Bin Laden is thought to be hiding in, we're obviously needed, but too concerned with Iraq to care about what we originally went over there for---remember Afganistan? It went the way of Bin Laden too.
2007-07-23 09:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you know where Bin Ladden is, you could claim a large reward!!!!! Call now and claim it!!!!!
Think about all the Democrats complaining that we shouldn't be in Iraq, even though they supported it when we went! Because of them the Republican Party is asking Bush to do little when it comes to Military force, IT'S ALL ABOUT POLITICS!!!!!!
2007-07-23 09:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by jrd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is the problem the area is so unstable if we go in it will fall apart.
We have already a demonstration of the resolve this nation has in Iraq.
So you telling me Pelosi & Ried would back Bush for an attack and a long term presence in Pakistan?
2007-07-23 09:32:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know, there is no credible evidence to support the claim that bin Laden is in Pakistan. Presuming he isn't already dead, I suspect that he is in North Africa or possibly Indonesia at this time.
2007-07-23 09:33:39 · answer #9 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Iraq has 28 million people and look what has happened. Now imagine "democratizing" Pakistan which has 167 million people.
2007-07-23 09:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pakistan is a Military Dictatorship with nukes. Need I say more?
2007-07-23 09:37:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋