Caught like a married woman in bed with another man, Pakistan cries foul!

Pakistan is fuming. It is denying an open secret that its state within a state, its spook agency, the infamous InterServices Intelligence [ISI] has been caught like a married woman in bed with another man. It is raging fast and furious at the stories in the online version of the 'New York Times' about the ISI's connexion with and influence over the Taliban and al Qaeda fighting in Afghanistan but enjoying the comfort and sanctuary in Pakistan's northern, lawless frontier provinces of Waziristan. As 18Brumaire remarked, ISI has been mixing into the internal affairs of Afghanistan for a long time; it is in Islamabad's interest to maintain a predominant grip on Afghanistan which it considers its fief and vassal. ISI is a rogue organisation; the central government has really no control over it, and dumb Washington shares information with it which elements within ISI share with the Taliban and al Qaeda. Herr Bush & co have turned a blind eye on such hanky panky, but now it cannot. And so it is demanding explanations and actions to rein in the ISI. How can Islamabad do that? What makes the problem even more serious is that Pakistan with ISI's help is heating up war along the Jammu Kashmir border, encouraging rogue Islamic militants in India to take the low road of bombings to destablise India's state and central governments; Pakistan cannot never forget its humiliation 3 times at the hands of India. And so, it has open 3 fronts against India and the US which is now willing to share nuclear technology [peaceful technology, that is, wink, wink, wink] with New Delhi. So here we go again, mamma mia!...urban warfare in India, war on the Kashmir Jammu line, and attacks at the India embassy in Kabul. So let's face it: Pakistan ain't the virgin it says it is, and the ISI is not as pure as freshly falling snow. The two got the tail pinned on the donkey of guilt, and boy does that smart!