Reading some recent reports on what is happening in Pakistan seem to indicate that the country is falling into some sort of anarchy. The Taliban is taking over large parts of the country at the same time that the U.S. is asking Pakistan to step up military action in the tribal area's.
The Mumbai terrorists seem to have succeeded in causing Pakistan to shift military resources from both the tribal area's and from internal area's (the Swat Valley) that the Taliban is moving into to Indian border regions.
The official alliance with the U.S. in an Islamic country to fight Islamic Jihadists is not a popular policy internally. (a bit of an understatement)
What appears to be a worldwide economic recession precipitated by the U.S. credit crisis is aggravating the situation.
If a nuclear armed Pakistan continues this downward spiral, things could get very, very bad.
The Mumbai terrorists seem to have succeeded in causing Pakistan to shift military resources from both the tribal area's and from internal area's (the Swat Valley) that the Taliban is moving into to Indian border regions.
The official alliance with the U.S. in an Islamic country to fight Islamic Jihadists is not a popular policy internally. (a bit of an understatement)
What appears to be a worldwide economic recession precipitated by the U.S. credit crisis is aggravating the situation.
If a nuclear armed Pakistan continues this downward spiral, things could get very, very bad.