PAKISTAN AND CHINA, THE MESSAGE WAS HEARD!
Yousuf Raza Gilani gave a rambling speech today that manage to make a few very important points.
1. Pakistan is going to expand its 'relationship' with China if the US keeps being so demanding, at least they see the US as being demanding.
2. Pakistan did not warn the US not to execute another mission in Pakistan as the Western media thought.
Their message was to India and it was not a 'message' it was a warning!
Pakistan believes the US mission has now left the political door wide open for India to retaliate for any future actions by Terrorist groups on Indian soil.
Mumbai is a scar the Indians are still dealing with and they know where those teams came from.
Pakistan realizes the ability for the rest of the world to rebuff India for future actions would be limited given the acceptance of the US mission to kill UBL.
It concerns me how easily this message from Pakistan was misinterpreted today.
3. Pakistan must deal with its own social demons / fundamentalist movement.
To think the public is upset with the Pakistani Military for allowing the US to penetrate their sovereign borders is less of an issue than the fact many of them are furious UBL was murdered!
The threat of Pakistan coming apart is not out of the question.
The 'Tunisian Virus' is a real possibility and the Pak leadership knows it.
SIDE BAR:
Take a look at the attached story I found today.
If you have followed my post, you know I have said an Alliance between Saudi and Israel, even an unofficial one, is not out of the question.
A relatively quiet day in the Middle East typically means someone is plotting something somewhere!
