tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post4487335106774690582..comments2023-11-17T03:55:40.736-05:00Comments on Ink Spots: Reports: Pakistan still PakistanLilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-72472198612829239122009-07-22T17:53:18.894-04:002009-07-22T17:53:18.894-04:00Madhu, i think you got it pretty much right actua...Madhu, i think you got it pretty much right actually. Confused or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-15191544966801005202009-07-22T13:58:38.310-04:002009-07-22T13:58:38.310-04:00Madhu--on proofing, I have the problem both at wor...Madhu--on proofing, I have the problem both at work and on blogs so at least you're a step ahead. Then there's the added problem that I tend to write French in English and English in French (thus making sentences shall we say, challenging). As to confusion, yes, it would be nice to meet the person who understands all of this clearly.Lilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-29004563051684691252009-07-22T13:53:18.314-04:002009-07-22T13:53:18.314-04:00Madhu - you are not the only one confused. I'...Madhu - you are not the only one confused. I'd like to meet the guy who isn't, because I haven't yet.Jason Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335313679058470722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-39934207632585475802009-07-22T13:31:37.854-04:002009-07-22T13:31:37.854-04:00You know, I did actually kind of proof read that. ...You know, I did actually kind of proof read that. Is there something wrong with my brain that I can proofread something for work, make it absolutely perfect, but I can never get it right on a blog comment?<br /><br />I give up.Madhuhttp://onparkstreet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-71999451178952236312009-07-22T13:30:15.617-04:002009-07-22T13:30:15.617-04:00The whole Af-Pak strategy completely confuses me, ...The whole Af-Pak strategy completely confuses me, utterly and completely. Yeah, yeah, I know it's me, it's all me, but at least I am trying to understan!.<br /><br />1. Pakistan serves as a haven for the Taliban/Al Q.<br />2. We (and out partners) will help Pakistan with some kind of counterinsurgency, or whatever you want to call it, againt this.<br />3. In turn, Pakistani efforts will prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for the Taliban/Al Q, again? All while building a kind of nascent state in Afghanistan? In roughly one year, at least for the state building part?<br /><br />Well, I said I was confused, and apologies to those of you who actually know something about the topic!<br /><br />(All the great Afghan metrics in the world won't change the relationship between India and Pakistan, will it? Only they can change it, themselves, and I hope the two countries do just that for the sake of their peoples. <br /><br />Slightly OT, but I remember traveling close to the Pakistani border in Rajasthan, years ago on a visit to relatives, and it was such a funny little place. Remote, with a small triangular stone marker with Pakistan written on one side and India on another. Of course, we all posed on both sides of the little stone. I was mostly into the architecture and arts of Rajasthan and paid absolutely no attention to world affairs or politics, then, and would have been irritated if you brought it up. Just give me art, I would have said. Kinda hard to create if things are falling apart around you, though.)Madhuhttp://onparkstreet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com