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Mike's avatar

Great article. Had no idea about this.

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Sam the Man's avatar

Perhaps we can figure out a way to get Pakistan to sell off and/or decommission its nuclear arsenal in return for major financial assistance. They of course would be very reluctant with a nuclear armed India and China, but this could be an opportunity to take another country off the list of nuclear armed states. If Pakistan collapses and that arsenal is not secured the world will have a very serious problem.

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Uday's avatar

Unfortunately Pakistan's military - which thinks it is the only legitimate power that can protect the "idea of Pakistan", is unlikely to acquiesce to anything that would make them lose leverage, even at the cost of the country.

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Norm A LeSane's avatar

A diplomatic effort to force Islamabad to recognize the (Pakistani) constitutional rights of Baloch tribes in the south west and end the genocide there being committed by the Pakistani army for at least the past ten years, is warranted with the medical and education benefits long denied, being made accessable a fast growing quick learning Baloch middle class would help bolster not just Pakistan's economy but eliminate a major source of instability. Which is China's belt and road directed loans and programs. Those Chinese construction projects, including the deep sea port at Gwaddar and a Chibese naval and Army base, also at Gwaddar, has been delayed for thirty years by Baloch tribes as neither China or Islamabad included consideration of the Baloch's in the original investment contracts, or in the ongoing construction. Instead of fueling economic growth and productive endeavors the military has pursued policies of forced disappearance, torture and murder of Baloch tribal leaders and Students.

The efforts to confront the bad actors in Beijing and Islamabad, have included a two month long march by wives, mothers and other family members of the nearly 8,000 Baloch, who had been kidnapped by ISI and Pakistani military units.

Pressure to put an end to the dissapearance of Balochi, to stop the torture ongoing at reeducation camps and to lift the sanctioning of murdering Balochs, staging horrific "accidents" and thinly veiled lies about the circumstances surrounding the detainment and death of Balochi tribesmen.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Thank you for this. It seems that Pakistan cozying up to the US Empire has worked out about as well for them as it has for nearly everyone else.

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Uday's avatar

Yeah that never bodes well - in this case Pakistan's military is equally to blame for this situation.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

No doubt. Pakistan's military has a history of having some right bastards run it, too. Well, the Empire is great at bribery. Most empires are.

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Norm A LeSane's avatar

Islamabad has a habit of playing with whomever pays. China and the US are but the latest in a long line of benificiaries of Pakistani's double dealing, double dipping designs of diplomacy. Scarier is that they have nukes.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

At least both they and the Indians have had the sense to never use the damned things.

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