Pakistan's Government Flip Flops On Spy Control

I've finally decided what the bumbling, incompetent and spineless 4 month-old government of Pakistan is reminding me of...this is what a 4 month-old Barack Obama administration would look like. As many of you know, I have made constant criticisms of the Pakistani civilian government since they took over because of their chicken shit approach to terror and the Taliban, but it's become obvious that they simply have no idea what they are doing and to put it in sports terms, they are choking.

Now, the Pakistani government has flip-flopped on a decision last month to reign in their spy network by taking it out of the realm of the military. Here's some of the details from Reuters:

Pakistan's 4-month-old civilian government has suspended a decree issued last month to put the military's powerful and controversial spy agency under Interior Ministry control, according to an official statement.

The flip-flop has caused further disillusion with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's government, at a time when there are mounting doubts about its ability to handle multiple crises.
Those include raging inflation, plunging markets, food and fuel shortages, and rising militancy in the country's rugged and restive northwest.
The clumsy move to rein in the ISI had caused an uproar among senior ranks in the army, at a delicate stage in a return to civilian rule for a Muslim nation led by generals more than half the time since it was formed out of India's partition in 1947.

It's my estimation that this government simply will not survive another six months. The terrorists in Pakistan have had these guys' number since day one and in my view, probably helped get them put into power with the assassination of Bhutto and since then, this government has been obviously intimidated by any threats to violence by the Taliban, al Qaeda and any other terror network that threatens violence.

Make no bones about it, Pakistan is a mess and in my opinion, those nukes they have are STILL in jeopardy of falling into the wrong hands.

Pakistan puts move to rein in spies on ice

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's 4-month-old civilian government has suspended a decree issued last month to put the military's powerful and controversial spy agency under Interior Ministry control, according to an official statement.
Feared by neighboring Afghanistan and India, and reportedly mistrusted by the United States despite its help fighting al Qaeda, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency also has a reputation for destabilizing past civilian governments.
Late last month the government issued a decree putting the ISI and its civilian cousin, the Intelligence Bureau, under the purview of the Interior Ministry.
The government rolled back a day later by saying the move had been "misinterpreted". Without withdrawing the decree, it said a new, more detailed one would follow.
Late on Tuesday, it issued a statement saying the July 26 decree was now held in "abeyance", pending consultations with various branches of Pakistan's intelligence network.
"The Prime Minister is pleased to direct that the federal government will carry out further deliberation on coordinating the intelligence efforts," the statement said.
The flip-flop has caused further disillusion with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's government, at a time when there are mounting doubts about its ability to handle multiple crises.
Those include raging inflation, plunging markets, food and fuel shortages, and rising militancy in the country's rugged and restive northwest.
The clumsy move to rein in the ISI had caused an uproar among senior ranks in the army, at a delicate stage in a return to civilian rule for a Muslim nation led by generals more than half the time since it was formed out of India's partition in 1947.
There is strong speculation coalition party leaders Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif could agree imminently to seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, who came to power in a coup in 1999.
Musharraf, who has been a key ally of the United States in its war against terrorism, stepped down as army chief last November, and promoted General Ashfaq Kayani, who had been head of the ISI, to succeed himself.
The current ISI chief, Lieutenant-General Nadeem Taj, was also chosen by Musharraf.
To add to the intrigue, American mistrust of the ISI surfaced last week after the New York Times reported U.S. officials had accused some ISI agents of collaborating with militants with known links to al Qaeda based in Pakistani tribal areas.
It also reported the United States backed Indian and Afghan allegations ISI agents were involved in a suicide car bomb attack outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on July 7.