Pakistan will have to move fast

The Indians naturally go to a heightened war-alert level, and I don't blame them one whit.

The links will be found, and when you have people within your country plot and launch an attack of this level against the crown jewel city of a great power . . . well, that's going to get you a very strong response unless you take care of it yourself--whatever the cost.

One assumes Obama's people are all over this, in conjunction with Bush. Bigger guns needs to be brought out that Rice, who's never accomplished anything.

Obama can easily end up inheriting a war that would complicate his first term immeasurably.

And it would be completely within our post-9/11 rule set.

Comments

[farhad]

A group of terrorists,we don't know who they are,where they come from,landed in the shores of Bambai(NY city of India),with exact mapof where to go,and do this horrific act in a percise manner.And yet we have to find who did it,but one thing for sure everybody will try totake advantage of this according to thier interests.India will blame Pakistan,and the right wing Indian congress party(DGP)will use theseto blame those who are now in the Gov.(remember election is near)&perhaps have good chance to gain the majority,even late maybe puropose to have iether Israel, or U.S have some sort of militery base.It is more clear that possibly pentagon is trying to declare Pakistan as a failed state,where the country is uncontrolable ,&hencetry to anatomize(split);one portion going to Afganistan,one to Iran,and some to India,and accutally Pakistan will be small country,wherein my opinnion is the general plan (elusion)for alot of these countrieslike what British tried in biginning of 20th c.,in order to control & rule.

[Matt R.]

Interesting comments by farhad. Is Pakistan another example of semi-arbitrary lines on a map that would better serve the people by splitting into multiple states? I dont know, but would be interesting to see what a map would look like if drawn to include portions of Pakistan that are friendly with India, Iran, and tribes with close ties linked together.I would like to see the evidence that pointed to Pakistan's influence to see if it was state sponsored or completely non-state actors.

[Sean Meade]

failed states with nukes don't get re-drawn

[Forrest Higgs]

I'm wondering if there is going to be a Pakistani gov't left after the Indian government applies an "attitude adjustment" to the clowns in Islamabad who've been shouting "prove that we were involved to OUR satisfaction" ever since the bodies started piling up in Mumbai.

I just don't see that strategy selling in New Delhi or Mumbai, somehow.

[Tom Barnett]

Agree with Sean.

Don't see existing nuke powers going along with any plan to dismember Pakistan. Just too scary a precedent.