Geopolitics And The War On Terrrorism

[ramana]

B. Raman on the new TSP_Israel ties: http://www.saag.org/papers16/paper1530.html

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->7. One could ask: Pakistan and Israel could have better  achieved  each other's objectives by continuing to keep the relationship clandestine. Why did they have to make it open, with its attendant risks for the personal security of Musharraf ? I would find it difficult to answer this question on the basis of available evidence.  

8. While Musharraf should be able to withstand any open backlash on this issue from the Pakistani fundamentalist organisations,  his action in openly courting Israel runs the risk of  aggravating threats to his security from the Al  Qaeda and other jihadi terrorist organisations as well as from fundamentalist elements in the Armed Forces.  

9.  Every country acts according to its national interests. So has Israel in moving closer to Pakistan . There is no point in India sulking over it. However, India would have strong grounds for unhappiness and unease, if Israel had not kept it informed in advance of its moves in this regard.   <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I think this a Mushy update version of Hudbaya. He is trying to deceive the Israelis to gain some strength.