US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on September 5th. The US has just announced that they are cancelling $300-million in military aid as they allege that Pakistan is supporting the Afghan Taliban.
When they meet, I hope that Imran Khan tells Pompeo to take his $300-million and US foreign policy and shove it up his ass.
According to former Pakistan President Pervez Musharaff, when former US Under Secretary of State Richard Armitage visited Pakistan shortly after 9/11 he stated that if Pakistan did not support Bush's so-called "War on Terror", then the US would bomb Pakistan back to the stone age.
Consequently, as a result of Pakistan's involvement, over 70,000 lives have been lost to the tune of $220-billion over the past 17 years.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has essentially stated 'no more'...it is now 'Pakistan first'. He wants peace in south Asia through dialogue and not war and will no longer allow DC to dictate terms of involvement, but will negotiate with the US on equal footing.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to meet with Imran Khan next week in Islamabad...should get interesting.
The
extremely porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is 1640 miles
long. It is virtually impossible for the Pakistan army to patrol the
entire border whereby the Afghan and Pakistan Taliban can easily escape
across the border into Pakistan and yet the United States is claiming
that Pakistan is harboring terrorists.
Pakistan, a relatively poor country, spent over $2-billion during Operation Zarb-e-Azb to rid North Waziristan of terrorists and yet, the United States has demanded that Pakistan do more. The US is scapegoating Pakistan for its own dismal failure in Afghanistan, which has been the longest war in US history.
Yesterday, the Pentagon cut US military aid to Pakistan by $300-million which, in reality, was reimbursement money owed to Pakistan through the Coalition Support Fund for their efforts.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has stated that he wants peace in south Asia with the neighboring countries of Iran, Afghanistan, and India through constructive dialogue and not war. Trump's Afghan policy is to bomb the Taliban into submission thereby forcing them to the negotiating table. Imran Khan has stated that the US will no longer dictate policy to Pakistan and that future diplomacy will be enacted on equal footing with mutual respect.
On Wednesday, September 5th, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Islamabad to meet with Imran Khan and his Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss south Asian peace. Their policies regarding peace in Afghanistan are diametrically in opposition and the outcome of the meeting should prove most interesting.
The plot doth thicken...stay tuned
Pakistan, a relatively poor country, spent over $2-billion during Operation Zarb-e-Azb to rid North Waziristan of terrorists and yet, the United States has demanded that Pakistan do more. The US is scapegoating Pakistan for its own dismal failure in Afghanistan, which has been the longest war in US history.
Yesterday, the Pentagon cut US military aid to Pakistan by $300-million which, in reality, was reimbursement money owed to Pakistan through the Coalition Support Fund for their efforts.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has stated that he wants peace in south Asia with the neighboring countries of Iran, Afghanistan, and India through constructive dialogue and not war. Trump's Afghan policy is to bomb the Taliban into submission thereby forcing them to the negotiating table. Imran Khan has stated that the US will no longer dictate policy to Pakistan and that future diplomacy will be enacted on equal footing with mutual respect.
On Wednesday, September 5th, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Islamabad to meet with Imran Khan and his Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss south Asian peace. Their policies regarding peace in Afghanistan are diametrically in opposition and the outcome of the meeting should prove most interesting.
The plot doth thicken...stay tuned
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