[Reader-list] Is anyone thinking about boycotting Pakistan? Conversations

[yasir ~يا سر]

No I am not thinking of boycotting pakistan, but certainly i favour a
boycott of Israel along south african lines. A south african union of
port workers has called for the boycott of israel refusing to offload
shipments there. i dont knowthe details butthere is some significance
in it coming from post apartheid south africa

http://www.transportworkers.org/node/1001

a pakistani boycott of israel doesn't really affect israeli pakistani
relations which were improving during Musharraf's time but with the
palestine /ghazza issue it makes sense to do/continue it, altho an
indian boycott could affect israeli-indian relations negatively.

an indian boycott of pakistan doesn't make much sense since the
relations are bad anyway. so maybe india attacking pakistan is an
action just down the line - so a war may be the right way to go,
especially if the boycott is international such as after the nuclear
tests in pokhran and chagai baluchistan. then its a short walk from
toba tek singh to chernobyl:

http://www.premiosergiomotta.org.br/blog/chernobyl2.php?itemid=147

but like india has lost its nerve with israel since the non-aligned
movement waned which i imagine nehru must have advocated, india just
does not have it to go to war with pakistan leaving aside the
aggressive posturing, and pakistans conciliatory tone. If there is
anything they shouldd be doing its ending the militancy in afghanistan
and the pakistani tribal areas, which willeventually also berelated to
a climb down from the mountains of kashmir. now who has the guts to
breathe that fresh air. India ?

I really dont think the 90's could have happened in Kashmir without
the Cold War Afghanistan engagement since the 70's..

but conversations and digressions should flow:

http://dawn.com/weekly/books/books2.htm

best

yasir