Pakistan News and Discussion-8

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<b>Leak highlights a complex relationship </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>"Pakistan is existing on the edge of chaos," he writes, arguing that Gen Musharraf does not stand for stability but rather that a move to civilian rule "might in fact be the only way to retain and improve stability, avoiding collapse and anarchy".</b>
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However, in some areas the Defence Academy's paper is quite opposed to Downing Street's world view, suggesting that <b>"the UK has followed US policies on the global war on terror at the perceived exclusion of its own interests". </b>

The officer suggests the Pentagon lacks a strategic big idea and that "the US/UK cannot begin to turn the tide until they identify the real enemies... and seek to put in place a better and more just vision".
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The British officer considers 2007 to be "the crunch year", in which international pressure for a move to civilian rule will collide with the <b>Pakistani military's attempts to retain control of the country through their Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and political proxies.</b>

Many Pakistani commentators have long suggested that the ISI has been used to maintain the system of military rule by exporting Islamic militancy to Kashmir and Afghanistan.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>"Indirectly", the British officer agrees, "Pakistan (through the ISI) has been supporting terrorism and extremism." He suggests that the Americans are fed up with this state of affairs and may withdraw their funding in order to chase Gen Musharraf from office.</span>
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Here British want to continue "The Great Game -I"
Mush is thinking about his dienasty.