Is war with Pakistan Imminent?

Wow Drawab! another US strike.... This is aweful!

its all now a serious business - and our Pakistani leaders continue to play deaf and dumb - while the american compatriaots out run us - I dont know which logic is being used - are we to graze the entire country of Pakistan into the ground all in vengence and 'revenge' for the 3000 who lost their lives in 9/11

it seems humanity has a very high price to pay for each lost life in New York that fateful day

Yes, it seem they want to kill 30 million people for every 9/11 victim to sooth the souls of those who had died in New York. But the seem deliberately ignoring that losses to achieve this "objective" might be much heavy.

I hope this does not escalate  as the price we will all have to pay will be enourmous....

It seems to me that many forget the fact that US government "liked" President Musharraf. As he has stepped down, it means an instability from a US perspective as they do not control a region they believe is a aorta for terrorists or the recruitment of them. Probably a large portion of the reasons for these activities is to shaken up Pakistan to be more "obliging" in the eyes of the US. 

True or not. The lack of respect for the sovereignty of countries needs to stop. The signs are there for a really bad conflict unfortunately. Even worse this time both the combatants have nuclear weapons. That is the really scary part of all this.

Yoman,  I used to think that Musharraf was the greatest thing that had happened to Pakistan since I live in San Francisco, but when I went to Pakistan this year during the elections, I was surprised to find that the people of Pakistan hated him. The people voted to get Musharraf out of office, instead of a particular political party..

In fact his nickname is Busharraf. People of Pakistan just don't want US to interfere with their country…..sounds familiar

US has got not what it is up to, war in Iraq, war in Afganistan and now Pakistan, I mean what does Bush think he is? these wars are only going to earn him and the citizens of USA a big loss they can not imagine what they will be facing very soon! USA is fighting a war that it lost years ago, its not about terrorists its about power world monopoly its a game and a war againt Islam. The saying is every dog shall have its day and today its Bush's the dogs day!

I have strong doubts about the opening of a war between Pakistan and US; however the skirmishes would further unsettle the already dangerously unsettled tribal belt between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan could be the biggest loser in the process. The history however is a witness to the fact that no foreign invader is ever successful in achieving its objectives of war against the tribes. 

It seems you were quite prescient with regards to Pakistan..of course you would be more in touch with their politik. It seems the embarassing outing of the General (aided no doubt from fickle allies with ulterior motives)coupled with the assasination of Bhutto has left precisely the void of instability you described 5 months ago in the above missive. So now, does a de-stabilized Pakistan give impetus to a new administration to approach august bodies like the UN for a mandate for critical interventions (questionmark broken on keyboard!) The key WILL be to ensure missiles and things nuclear never fall into the hands of Muslim zealots..and rightly so! Your forethought will most likely prove to be 20-20 vision in the not too distant future. Given the present political turmoil in Pakistan right now I fear that intervention is both pragmatic & perhaps necessary. However, another theatre of war is a foreboding concept for all concerned. Your writing, thinking and instincts are quite perceptive, to say the least. You`ve helped open my eyes..fer sure! Thank you! Andy in New West

Thanks Slydog, look where we are today with the instability in pakistan again!