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03-31 06:36 PM
Today I received a call from my lawyers office asking me whether my wife had taken the TB test as we skipped that test when we applied for I-485 in July 2007 as my wife was expecting at that time.My PD is Feb 2007
Lawyers office said they received a call from USCIS as they are getting the cases ready to be adjudicated.USCIS wanted to know whether my wife got her TB test done or not.
Did anyone else got such a call from USCIS?And Gurus, what do you all think this means?
Lawyers office said they received a call from USCIS as they are getting the cases ready to be adjudicated.USCIS wanted to know whether my wife got her TB test done or not.
Did anyone else got such a call from USCIS?And Gurus, what do you all think this means?
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Obama is planning to increase troops in Afghanistan.US is now doing cross-border attacks in pakistan.When he increases the troop level, it would only increase further hitting the core soverignity of pakistan.
The supercop is completely preoccupied in transition with the messiah of hope taking oath on jan 20th.It would need few weeks for him to settle down.
Pakistan is fractured with ISI's own trained militants causing havoc in Balochistan and NWFP.They are militants from Punjab and POK who are helping the tribes and Taliban.Taliban is hiding for the past 7 years and only the last two year have seen such a tremendous increase in attacks.
Without Punjab militant's expertise (with kashmir on-the-job training) , it is impossible for Taliban to regroup in a way they have re-grouped.
As a result, Military is forced to act on Tribes/taliban/punjab militants to support the war on terror and to satisfy USA.
The Key questions are
a> Who asked Punjab militants to go and create havoc in NWFP/Balochistan/Afghan border?Is it Military or ISI or lying low for a while when taking peace with India ( but using their expertise somewhere else)
It attracted US's attention and just forces Pak Military to do more and more..
With this Mumbai attack, what the ISI supported militants expected is a war between India and Pakistan.Military sees an escape route too.
When a war breaks out,
Tension on the Eastern border comes down to a nought.Taliban, Tribes, Punjab Militants, ISI and the military are ALL on the same side and India is the enemy.US would be a spectator.It unites the nation of Pakistan like nothing else.
It reduces the pressure on the military.Military can wash from its hands the responsbility of being the ally in 'war on terror'
I agree with you to a great extent.The Pakistani society is fractured right now, and there is nothing to unite the country than a conflict with India.
Where I disagree with you is when you think that this is the calculus of the Pakistan army.I think the senior army (and civilian) leadership in Pakistan knows the Kargil episode too well.Kargil is fresh in their memories, and they know that a conflict with India is not worth the costs.Plus, if we are to a*sume that the Pakistan army was behind the 2001 Parliament attack, then again we know that the Pakistan army had to back down that time too....So, unless the Pakistan army is run by Beavis and Butthead who repeatedly touch a hot object and go 'ouch...ouch....ouch...ouch...ouch...', there is no reason for them to do this.....
So I think, that its the militant elements that are being squeezed by the Pakistan army and NATO, and not the the Pakistan army, that pulled this off.
(I must also add that I have a bias to believe that; thats just natural.) Everytime we see Indian and Pakistani relations improving, something blows up somewhere, and things are back to square one.
I generally dont try to be emotional.But I saw this live on TV while I was waiting in the airport to board my flight
from India to US and it impacted me profoundly.Man, "Enough is enough"...
Peace,
G
I wonder if you attribute any of that to the media coverage of the event.Especially the 'live tv' aspect of it.
I don't think a bomb blast with the same number of casualties would have had this much impact.
I also think the media could have acted more responsibly than it did.I was somewhat disappointed by Pakistani media.I think there was too much bias and not so much objectivity in the coverage.I am afraid the Indian media would have acted in a similar manner too....
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