A thousand deadly sons
An interesting passage in the leaked Gen. McChrystal report
(plaintext) on how to win the Afghanistan war, a report which advises getting out from behind blast walls and protecting civilians:
By the dry phrase ‘encourage Pakistani countermeasures in Afghanistan or India,’ I assume the report means ’suicide attackers with assault rifles, grenades and truck bombs.’
on Monday, September 21st, 2009, 8:28 am in 11/26, Military, Politics › 
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How is it that India’s so awesome that it’s influencing Afghan culture, but they can’t keep down maoists in their own country? I think this report is a little fanciful. But yeah- all Pakistan has to offer in retort is Islamicity of the lowest common denominator. Even the legacy of the Aga Khan is moot now.
Maybe they can, but they’re just not willing to…
Check out this blog post. Thought it captured this pretty well.
Yeah, I’ve always wondered about this. The best case scenario, according to the ‘good governance in Afghanistan to prevent an Al Q haven by virtue of COIN’ is a, well, stable well governed Afghanistan. Which India will like and will make Pakistan uncomfortable. The endstate is still essentially unstable, which, okay. As long as we know it. I just don’t feel like we know it-know it. You know?