tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post6212845018052849211..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Afghansistan 2050: Futures That Will Not BeT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-33420433717524675572010-08-20T16:11:26.818-07:002010-08-20T16:11:26.818-07:00Btw, speaking of agreements and disagreements, and...Btw, speaking of agreements and disagreements, and going from the serious to the less-than-serious, I've just read your July 31 post "Pick Your Metaphor with Care" and must respectfully dissent re the insult to K. Reeves. To be sure, no one will ever confuse him with Laurence Olivier, but could you see the latter as the star of <i>The Matrix</i> or <i>Little Buddha</i>? <br /><brLFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-71741058496056676392010-08-18T17:50:56.174-07:002010-08-18T17:50:56.174-07:00Well, I agree that the US has sold too much fancy ...Well, I agree that the US has sold too much fancy military hardware to the Pakistan govt over the years, so we can find common ground at least on your last point.<br /><br />Many of these issues, however, are probably going to be somewhat on hold during the current flood disaster and its aftermath.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-39091165731716783332010-08-17T23:02:26.878-07:002010-08-17T23:02:26.878-07:00Regarding Indian-American relations-
It is not my...Regarding Indian-American relations-<br /><br />It is not my intent to demean the growing friendship between the United States and India. I do not think, however, that Indian patience with America's two-faced South Asian policy will be eternal. The links between Lakshar-e-taiba and other terrorist groups launching attacks on Indian soil and Pakistan are quite clear. If similar attacks were T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-41998919712909629562010-08-17T22:49:29.637-07:002010-08-17T22:49:29.637-07:00LFC-
You have also expressed your discomfort with...LFC-<br /><br />You have also expressed your discomfort with this idea <a href="http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2010/06/pakistan-and-china-bffs.html?showComment=1277520981053#c5851979355640342688" rel="nofollow">before.</a> My reply has changed very little since you registered your first objections.<br /><br />The "strategic logic" of the region is more than the sum of enmity and T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-33596994279346113412010-08-16T19:23:27.294-07:002010-08-16T19:23:27.294-07:00I am not comfortable with the idea, which you have...I am not comfortable with the idea, which you have expressed before, that there is a "basic strategic logic" that makes Pakistan the "natural" ally of China and the U.S. the "natural" ally of India. This is too deterministic. Strategy is not like gravity, in which the apple 'naturally' falls to the ground. It's not as if a given configuration of past LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.com