Comments on: The “Wacky Sitcom Mixup” School of Foreign Policy http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/10009.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:25:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sol vason http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/10009.html/comment-page-1#comment-329033 sol vason Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:48 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=10009#comment-329033 Are you saying that "irreconcilable differences" exist outside divorce court? Are FSO's the right people to do the negotiating and mediating? Perhaps we should let the divorce courts clean up this mess - after all it is essentially a divorce. Are you saying that “irreconcilable differences” exist outside divorce court? Are FSO’s the right people to do the negotiating and mediating? Perhaps we should let the divorce courts clean up this mess – after all it is essentially a divorce.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/10009.html/comment-page-1#comment-329026 Robert Schwartz Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:55:36 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=10009#comment-329026 Shannon: Bravo well done. Shannon: Bravo well done.

]]> By: Michael Kennedy http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/10009.html/comment-page-1#comment-329022 Michael Kennedy Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:24:29 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=10009#comment-329022 The dynamic with India and Pakistan have changed radically over 30 years. For many years, India was an enemy or at least a hostile neutral. Pakistan considered us a friend and protector. If have read any of the Allan Drury novels, like Advise and Consent, you saw the pleading, needy Pakistani ambassador always fearful he would be excluded from some deal the US and India might cook up. Pakistan was the mediator for Nixon's opening to China. Then India changed and Pakistan became an intermediary in Afghanistan. Eventually, we opposed the Pakistan plans for Afghanistan and India became far friendlier as free market economics replaced socialism and thousands of Indians became the back office for US companies in the Anglosphere. Pakistan is in big trouble and they do not seem to be reacting rationally. They may not expect us to be a reliable ally. They may see Obama getting ready to run in Afghanistan. Once that happens, the only thing Pakistan has is the bomb. They certainly don't look like they are getting ready to adopt Adam Smith. The community organizer is not going to alter the facts on the ground. The dynamic with India and Pakistan have changed radically over 30 years. For many years, India was an enemy or at least a hostile neutral. Pakistan considered us a friend and protector. If have read any of the Allan Drury novels, like Advise and Consent, you saw the pleading, needy Pakistani ambassador always fearful he would be excluded from some deal the US and India might cook up. Pakistan was the mediator for Nixon’s opening to China. Then India changed and Pakistan became an intermediary in Afghanistan. Eventually, we opposed the Pakistan plans for Afghanistan and India became far friendlier as free market economics replaced socialism and thousands of Indians became the back office for US companies in the Anglosphere.

Pakistan is in big trouble and they do not seem to be reacting rationally. They may not expect us to be a reliable ally. They may see Obama getting ready to run in Afghanistan. Once that happens, the only thing Pakistan has is the bomb. They certainly don’t look like they are getting ready to adopt Adam Smith.

The community organizer is not going to alter the facts on the ground.

]]> By: Sgt. Mom http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/10009.html/comment-page-1#comment-329019 Sgt. Mom Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:19:05 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=10009#comment-329019 Heck, that's a better and more reasonable explanation than practically any other out there. ;-) Heck, that’s a better and more reasonable explanation than practically any other out there. ;-)

]]> By: onparkstreet http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/10009.html/comment-page-1#comment-329014 onparkstreet Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:50:26 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=10009#comment-329014 Thank you, Shannon! Sometimes, the two parties in a conflict actually have conflicting goals...and you are not going to nudge, pay, bribe, or even threaten the two into reconsidering their goals. Witness the administrations' confusion toward Pakistan. Guess what? A certain percentage of Pakistanis view India as their existential main threat, not the Taliban. Money (massive amounts), lots of talk, heck, even troops across the border don't seem to be shaking this belief. I don't know what you do about such situations, but thinking the US can just *poof* magically change the dynamic, is insane. Someone's gonna have to change their mind and we may have nothing (likely we won't) to do with it. Thank you, Shannon! Sometimes, the two parties in a conflict actually have conflicting goals…and you are not going to nudge, pay, bribe, or even threaten the two into reconsidering their goals. Witness the administrations’ confusion toward Pakistan. Guess what? A certain percentage of Pakistanis view India as their existential main threat, not the Taliban. Money (massive amounts), lots of talk, heck, even troops across the border don’t seem to be shaking this belief. I don’t know what you do about such situations, but thinking the US can just *poof* magically change the dynamic, is insane. Someone’s gonna have to change their mind and we may have nothing (likely we won’t) to do with it.

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