Pakistan and Kuwait discuss expanded defence pact, sources say

Obviously. Thanks to our offshore drilling success and those huge oil and gas reserves in baluchistan. Which private companies were only recently able to drill because of bestest security situation. Now pakistan even export oil.

And when we woke up, we found out that Kuwait is one of our major diesel supplier and diesel is more thicker than blood and water combined
 
Ok, say we sign this pact and Iran fires another dozen missiles at them. What are we supposed to do?
Well i think the Kuwaiti expectation will be that you will defend them until the West, Israel and probably India come to their rescue. Then Al Bakistanis can go home.

Quite similar to Gulf War 1.
 
Well the Gulfie expectation will be that you will defend them until the West, Israel and probably
Brother this thread is so childish the premise of this entire debate is laughable.
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come to their rescue. Then Al Bakistanis can go home.

Quite similar to Gulf War 1.
But, But, But we were promised land of milk and honey, where rives of oil and diesel will flow through the Chenab and F16's will fly overhead Minar-e-Pakistan... WOW GRAPE!!!
 
Well i think the Kuwaiti expectation will be that you will defend them until the West, Israel and probably India come to their rescue. Then Al Bakistanis can go home.

Quite similar to Gulf War 1.

The best we can do is station some JF-17s that can chase after Shaheds with cannons.

However jitna unho ne hammay pay karna hay for this work, they can just fly their own damn planes.
 
In my opinion we should persue the opportunity, but we will manage to fk it up, just like we did post 911.

Ultimately everyone knows in Pakistan if you can buy off the guy at the top - you can buy Pakistan.

Post 911 Musharraf offered unconditional support at a dirt cheap price. We continue to pay the price, 80,000+ dead later.

If post 911 he'd negotiated a Pakistan friendly govt in Afghanistan, trade deals with the USA and EU, access to clean nuclear energy and wiping out loans, Pakistan would have benefitted massively. Our economic landscape would be much different, we'd not have lost 2 decades to terrorism and we wouldn't have to undermine NATO in Afghanistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan would both be better off today.

Instead he focused on F-solah and scraps off the table for the Boys.

Similarly security pacts with Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait etc should come with ties of normalisation with Iran, no clandestine support of Israel and huge FDI in Pakistan, as well as the funding, equipping and training of a force with the numbers and capabilities to project power in the region.

Instead I imagine we'll over stretch, under deliver all for a few migrant visas, some cash, plots and perks for the usual suspects.

@RescueRanger makes an excellent point about our lack of manpower, weaponry and doctrine atm to be "that guy".
 
In my opinion we should persue the opportunity, but we will manage to fk it up, just like we did post 911.

Ultimately everyone knows in Pakistan if you can buy off the guy at the top - you can buy Pakistan.

Post 911 Musharraf offered unconditional support at a dirt cheap price. We continue to pay the price, 80,000+ dead later.

If post 911 he'd negotiated a Pakistan friendly govt in Afghanistan, trade deals with the USA and EU, access to clean nuclear energy and wiping out loans, Pakistan would have benefitted massively. Our economic landscape would be much different, we'd not have lost 2 decades to terrorism and we wouldn't have to undermine NATO in Afghanistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan would both be better off today.

Instead he focused on F-solah and scraps off the table for the Boys.

Similarly security pacts with Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait etc should come with ties of normalisation with Iran, no clandestine support of Israel and huge FDI in Pakistan, as well as the funding, equipping and training of a force with the numbers and capabilities to project power in the region.

Instead I imagine we'll over stretch, under deliver all for a few migrant visas, some cash, plots and perks for the usual suspects.

@RescueRanger makes an excellent point about our lack of manpower, weaponry and doctrine atm to be "that guy".


Take a look at the new capacity Kuwait has invested in. They could have partnered with Pakistan on some of this big ticket items but they went to Leonardo and the UK instead.

Circling back to my point, based on this article what would we be contributing?

Why should our people be meat shields? Is our blood cheap?

If Pakistan were to enter into some agreement we really need to know what we gain and what we stand to lose?

It's simple risk management at this point.
 
In my opinion we should persue the opportunity, but we will manage to fk it up, just like we did post 911.

Ultimately everyone knows in Pakistan if you can buy off the guy at the top - you can buy Pakistan.

Post 911 Musharraf offered unconditional support at a dirt cheap price. We continue to pay the price, 80,000+ dead later.

If post 911 he'd negotiated a Pakistan friendly govt in Afghanistan, trade deals with the USA and EU, access to clean nuclear energy and wiping out loans, Pakistan would have benefitted massively. Our economic landscape would be much different, we'd not have lost 2 decades to terrorism and we wouldn't have to undermine NATO in Afghanistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan would both be better off today.

Instead he focused on F-solah and scraps off the table for the Boys.

Similarly security pacts with Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait etc should come with ties of normalisation with Iran, no clandestine support of Israel and huge FDI in Pakistan, as well as the funding, equipping and training of a force with the numbers and capabilities to project power in the region.

Instead I imagine we'll over stretch, under deliver all for a few migrant visas, some cash, plots and perks for the usual suspects.

@RescueRanger makes an excellent point about our lack of manpower, weaponry and doctrine atm to be "that guy".
That is the basic problem. The people in charge have a habit of overstretching wanting to run where they do not know how to walk. For example, the diplomatic efforts have been busy playing the great "international mediator" and " net security provider", but neglecting the grunt work of basic diplomacy. For example, the Foreign office was recently caught napping when Japan , which has generally been favourably disposed to Pakistan, issued a joint statement with India essentially accusing Pakistan of supporting terrorists. Instead of anticipating and preventing this, the Foreign Office had to issue a post -facto demarche because they were caught completely unawares.

 
@RescueRanger sb @Owaiz sb

Ok, let me be the devil's advocate. Is it possible that Pakistan doesn't deploy its army units in the Gulf but every year train a certain number of soldiers and officer, who serve a short commission of say 5 years, and then serve in the Gulf armies. While people will shout "mercenaries for hire" this is in no ways different than South Indian code coolies working for American IT firms. Each community in the subcontinent (and the world at large) has its unique set of skills and capabilities and it gets monetised in the global employment market.

Regards
 
What can Pakistan possibly offer to Kuwait that Americans cant. After all, havent the Iranians attacked Saudi regardless of the pact with Pakistan? Although the attacks are less frequent.
 
@RescueRanger sb @Owaiz sb

Ok, let me be the devil's advocate. Is it possible that Pakistan doesn't deploy its army units in the Gulf but every year train a certain number of soldiers and officer, who serve a short commission of say 5 years, and then serve in the Gulf armies. While people will shout "mercenaries for hire" this is in no ways different than South Indian code coolies working for American IT firms. Each community in the subcontinent (and the world at large) has its unique set of skills and capabilities and it gets monetised in the global employment market.

Regards
Forget it, fighting in no longer in their gene. They wont become a soldier even if you send them Sandhurst. They have fallen in luxury.
 

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