Would it be best for Pakistan to work out an amicable separation from Trump's America?
From the Blog umarqutb THE insult contained in President Trump's new year tweet accusing Pakistan of "lies and deceit" was followed by announcement of the injury — the $255 million cut in Foreign Military Financing — by the Indian-origin US ambassador to the UN. Further punitive measures may be revealed shortly. These are the latest developments in the progressively unravelling Pakistan-US relationship. Pakistan is the world's fifth largest country; it fields one of the most powerful militaries; it is a nuclear weapons state. It has its own priorities and interests in the region. It cannot be threatened and pushed around like a banana republic. Pakistan needs to articulate its interests and objectives, and execute its policies, boldly and clearly. The rambling statement issued by the National Securpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Afghanistan: A Tail which Wags the Dog?
From the Blog pakteahouse *By Misbah Azam* Recently, after January 1, 2018, President Trump's early morning tweet about Pakistan, the National Security Advisor, Dr. H. R. McMaster said while talking to the Voice of America's Greta Van Susteren: This is not a blame game, as some would say. This is really our effort to communicate clearly to Pakistan that our relationship can no longer bear the weight of contradictions, and that we have to really begin now to work together to stabilize Afghanistan. And in a way, that would be a huge benefit to Pakistan, as well. What's frustrating at times is we see Pakistan operating against the interests of its own people by going after these groups only selectively, by providing safe havens and support bases for Taliban and Haqqani network leadership that operate out pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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