Re: Mosque of the Red Death: Middle East in Flames Part III
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This is still an early report and the fighting around and in the Mosque may still be ongoing. The goverment won, sort of. How long Pakistan will remain one country even if just on paper is an open question.
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With the US firmly enschonced next door in Afghanistan, I say this is a moot point. We'll be happy at any time to help our good friends put down this petty rebellion.
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One mosque might be a petty rebellion, but it won't be petty if most of Waziristan province along with the al-Qaeda sympathizers in Pakistan's intelligence services come to feel the time is right to overthrow Musharraf's government. Yes, the USA would be happy to help put down such development due to fear of Pakistan's nukes falling into bad hands, but that doesn't mean the quelling would be successful in the long-term. The long-term resiliency of the terrorists and jihadists (and of their sympathizers) is becoming apparent in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. This in many respects is a broader war of resiliency and attrition, and the assymetrical aspects of it greatly leverage the positions of the jihadists and their sympathizers.
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