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Tarek,
The US requires Pakistan because of its action against the Taliban and because they wish to use the Gwadar port for shipping oil through a pipeline from the caspian Oil. This is contained in the testimony of an oil consortium head to the Senate. Therefore, it is wishful thinking on anyone's part that Pakistan will be abandoned, unless of course Balochistan comes into being. This aspect has some ominous connection with the recent upheavals there.
India cannot be abandoned by the US because of the huge market, counterbalance to China as also US Oil companies interests (those tapping the Caspian oil) in the huge requirment of oil by India because of globalisation and liberalisation. India oil needs is fabulous!
In short, the Indo pak equation from the dfence point of view, will remain a peaceful armed hostility.
Unfortunate but inevitably true.
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