“During Vietnam war there were politicians who advocated ‘bombing the North back to the Stone Age’, and the United States had the power to do so. What the United States was unable to do was to persuade tens of millions of Vietnamese to change their ideology.”
More recently in Iraq, military intervention proceeded quickly and efficiently, [...]
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The ISI has all along been a state within a state, a law unto itself.
Promises have been made by the Pakistan government earlier also under US pressure. The really important ones have seen more breaches than implementation.
ISI has been under Generals who are averse to any civilian control. The civilian government has been unable [...]
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