Twirp : Terrorist Wahabi Islamic Republic Pakistan 3

[Naresh]

<b>The missing piece —William B Milam</b>

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There is one piece missing, and that involves the Pakistani mindset toward India. There are a number of analysts (include me on that list) who believe that until the India-centricity of Pakistani foreign and security policy is substantially modified, the country will find it very difficult to adjust its sights to the real danger the state of Pakistan faces from the West. <b>This adjustment not only involves the army, though it is a critical actor in this drama, but the whole of civil society itself.

The India-centric focus of much of society and the military is, arguably, responsible for much of Pakistan’s deficiencies as a state, a nation, and a society.</b> That is a subject that I may take up in some future column. This one is about President Obama’s strategy to help Pakistan overcome the existential challenge it faces.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<i>William B Milam is a senior policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington and a former US Ambassador to Pakistan and Bangladesh</i>

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