Plans for disintegrating Pakistan

Frederick Kagan and Michael O’Hanlon presented their strategic plan for disarming Pakistan in the New York Times on November 19, 2007. Written with imperial arrogance and colonial mindset, this piece cannot be contemptuously dismissed because the duo is a respected pair of neocons. O’Hanlon is the cheerleader of surge in Iraq and with Brookings and New York Times standing behind them, there is good reason for Pakistanis and their corrupt leadership to wake up.

This back-of-an-envelope military planning from neocon analysts is part of the plan under which support is extended to dictatorial and corrupt regimes in Pakistan so that it could lead to chaos and anarchy, and the way is paved for an invasion and neutralization of the military power of Pakistan. The objective remains the same as it was in the case of a wars on Iraq and the plans for a war on Iran. Only the strategy for neutralising the military power of Pakistan is different.

The plan is published in the NY Times with the intention to garner unwarranted attention. For one thing, since the White House regards the Surge as a stunning success, it’s natural that Kagan and O’Hanlon will receive a sympathetic ear.

And though their counsel is singularly lacking in rational approach and denies the right to self defense and self determination to yet another nation, a president with little interest in the rights and freedom is unlikely to notice its absence. More...