Pakistan will learn a lesson about US priorities, a lesson it should have learned earlier from the North Korean and Iranian experiences. If you develop nuclear forces make sure your missiles cannot reach America. It is actually best for you if you do not even bother with nukes as it is easier to walk over you later whenever needed. This just might mean that the Pakistani US proxy dream is over and the country goes back to be sandwiched between India and Afghanistan, two hostile states toward it.
In addition Pakistan is a Muslim nation and that is a BIG BLACK mark against that nation from America.
"It is actually best for you if you do not even bother with nukes as it is easier to walk over you"
Amazing. So Russia, China and North Korea should better hand over their nuclear deterrent? In that case nobody will ever walk over them?????????????????
It is either or. Either my Mamma did not teach me to write properly or your Mamma did not teach you to read properly. In the context of the short paragraph the sentence makes perfect sense.
The sentences "makes perfect sense" and "It is actually best for you if you do not even bother with nukes as it is easier to walk over you" are contradictory. Unless we forget about every single event that occurred the past 70 years, then it might.
USA has to deal with all the turmoil in the world. Russia sits back and sees its power & influence grow. America's errors have resulted in benefiting Russia. Maybe at some time America will realize that being friends with Russia would be a benefit to both countties. The 2 super powers walking side by side.
The US and the Western World was fairly shocked when Pakistan was able to introduce a budding nuclear force in a semi-secret manner. Those who were playing with the Manhattan Project should have known that the technology they developed and even spread around will be copied by others. It was only a question of time.
The US Deep State is fully saturated with a mixture of distrust, hate and fear when it comes to Russia. These disturbed feelings controlled them like so many psychotic Neanderthals they are and the net result was the breaking of Western hegemony on a planetary scale. Orange is running around the planet presently, leading the Charge of the Neanderthals, performing mass murder after mass murder but he is dealing with an equation that has zero number of possible solutions. US industrial productivity and cultural hegemony is gone with the wind and no hysteria will bring it back.
this was never a war against terrorism; it was a war to disarm the muslim countries, then exterminate them, as a necessary stage in erasing the south. africa and latin america are unable to react, even when hit themselves, while pacific asia is divided and opportunistic, so they will only defend themselves.
"...That in turn suggests that the “golden age” of US-Pakistani ties which began with Trump’s return is now over...."
Andrew: You suggest that relations between USA and Pakistan are now discordant however in another essay you suggest that USA and Pakistan are discussing the Afghani/Pakistani conflict and the possibility of Pakistan mediating an Iranian/USA ceasefire.
1st quote: "...Pakistan’s potential subordination of the group, (ie the Taliban) even if not right away, could lead to the return of US troops to Bagram Airbase like Trump earlier said that he wants.
2nd quote: "....All in all, Pakistan has compellingly positioned itself as the potential mediator between the US and Iran,...."
What is really going on between USA and Pakistan? Is this another example of Trump's perfidious foreign policy attitude? Or is Trump's "preferred Field Marshall" Pakistani Asim Munir acting outside of his rpersonal esponsibilities to curry favour with Trump?
Why would the US launch a decapitation strike on Pakistan? As you mentioned in your earlier articles, the "establishment" operates under US tutelage and Imran Khan getting to cozy with Moscow was ousted by them.
Andrew: "Dr. Akhtar’s rebuttal doesn’t touch upon the scenario of Pakistan selling its reported ICBM research and future technology"
That's a really valid point. Pakistan could sell it to KSA with whom it has a defense partnership and KSA owning nukes would cause a major strategic shift in the region.
I think the earlier antogonization of the US towards Pakistan was because of China's BRI projects in Karachi whereby China could bypass the Malacca straight complicating plans for a future US chokehold on maritime passage.
We recently heard a certain settler colonialist publicly utter the words “Turkey is the new Iran.” And then they will turn to Pakistan, with BJP’s India waiting to pounce.
I personally don't anticipate Israel engaging in direct hostilities with Pakistan, nor do I believe that India would attack Pakistan either unless there's another terrorist attack that it traces back to there.
Pakistan's nuclear program is an effective deterrence against unprovoked aggression and its military leadership has the political will to use it if the state's existence is threatened.
What I think might happen instead is that Pakistan might further subordinate itself to the US, thus neutralizing whatever threat perception Israel might have of it (associated rhetoric thus far isn't sincere in my assessment) and keeping the peace in South Asia.
Of course, the US might also (once again) instrumentalize Pakistan against India for containing the latter or punishing it if its foreign policy becomes too independent for the US' taste, but anyhow, I just don't see India waging an unprovoked war on Pakistan.
Whatever one might think about the BJP, it doesn't have a suicide wish, and Israel doesn't really see a threat from Pakistan so long as it remains under US influence and doesn't share ballistic or nuclear technology with Iran and/or Turkiye.
Pakistan has a track record of doing certain things that upset the US in order to get the US' attention and then extract payment in exchange for ceasing whatever it was that upset the US so I wouldn't rule out that it might leverage its missile program in the same way.
It’s been a while since I read it, but it’s a deep dive into the love/hate relationship between the US & Pakistan for the entire existence of the latter.
Pakistan will learn a lesson about US priorities, a lesson it should have learned earlier from the North Korean and Iranian experiences. If you develop nuclear forces make sure your missiles cannot reach America. It is actually best for you if you do not even bother with nukes as it is easier to walk over you later whenever needed. This just might mean that the Pakistani US proxy dream is over and the country goes back to be sandwiched between India and Afghanistan, two hostile states toward it.
In addition Pakistan is a Muslim nation and that is a BIG BLACK mark against that nation from America.
"It is actually best for you if you do not even bother with nukes as it is easier to walk over you"
Amazing. So Russia, China and North Korea should better hand over their nuclear deterrent? In that case nobody will ever walk over them?????????????????
It is either or. Either my Mamma did not teach me to write properly or your Mamma did not teach you to read properly. In the context of the short paragraph the sentence makes perfect sense.
The sentences "makes perfect sense" and "It is actually best for you if you do not even bother with nukes as it is easier to walk over you" are contradictory. Unless we forget about every single event that occurred the past 70 years, then it might.
USA has to deal with all the turmoil in the world. Russia sits back and sees its power & influence grow. America's errors have resulted in benefiting Russia. Maybe at some time America will realize that being friends with Russia would be a benefit to both countties. The 2 super powers walking side by side.
The US and the Western World was fairly shocked when Pakistan was able to introduce a budding nuclear force in a semi-secret manner. Those who were playing with the Manhattan Project should have known that the technology they developed and even spread around will be copied by others. It was only a question of time.
The US Deep State is fully saturated with a mixture of distrust, hate and fear when it comes to Russia. These disturbed feelings controlled them like so many psychotic Neanderthals they are and the net result was the breaking of Western hegemony on a planetary scale. Orange is running around the planet presently, leading the Charge of the Neanderthals, performing mass murder after mass murder but he is dealing with an equation that has zero number of possible solutions. US industrial productivity and cultural hegemony is gone with the wind and no hysteria will bring it back.
this was never a war against terrorism; it was a war to disarm the muslim countries, then exterminate them, as a necessary stage in erasing the south. africa and latin america are unable to react, even when hit themselves, while pacific asia is divided and opportunistic, so they will only defend themselves.
"...That in turn suggests that the “golden age” of US-Pakistani ties which began with Trump’s return is now over...."
Andrew: You suggest that relations between USA and Pakistan are now discordant however in another essay you suggest that USA and Pakistan are discussing the Afghani/Pakistani conflict and the possibility of Pakistan mediating an Iranian/USA ceasefire.
1st quote: "...Pakistan’s potential subordination of the group, (ie the Taliban) even if not right away, could lead to the return of US troops to Bagram Airbase like Trump earlier said that he wants.
2nd quote: "....All in all, Pakistan has compellingly positioned itself as the potential mediator between the US and Iran,...."
What is really going on between USA and Pakistan? Is this another example of Trump's perfidious foreign policy attitude? Or is Trump's "preferred Field Marshall" Pakistani Asim Munir acting outside of his rpersonal esponsibilities to curry favour with Trump?
TL:DR: Pakistan will always be the consolation prize, vis-a-vis India.
Why would the US launch a decapitation strike on Pakistan? As you mentioned in your earlier articles, the "establishment" operates under US tutelage and Imran Khan getting to cozy with Moscow was ousted by them.
Andrew: "Dr. Akhtar’s rebuttal doesn’t touch upon the scenario of Pakistan selling its reported ICBM research and future technology"
That's a really valid point. Pakistan could sell it to KSA with whom it has a defense partnership and KSA owning nukes would cause a major strategic shift in the region.
I think the earlier antogonization of the US towards Pakistan was because of China's BRI projects in Karachi whereby China could bypass the Malacca straight complicating plans for a future US chokehold on maritime passage.
Didn't old Asia Hand Richard Armitage travel to PAK after 9/11 to announce the US was taking control of its nukes?
Excellent post, thank you.
We recently heard a certain settler colonialist publicly utter the words “Turkey is the new Iran.” And then they will turn to Pakistan, with BJP’s India waiting to pounce.
I personally don't anticipate Israel engaging in direct hostilities with Pakistan, nor do I believe that India would attack Pakistan either unless there's another terrorist attack that it traces back to there.
Pakistan's nuclear program is an effective deterrence against unprovoked aggression and its military leadership has the political will to use it if the state's existence is threatened.
What I think might happen instead is that Pakistan might further subordinate itself to the US, thus neutralizing whatever threat perception Israel might have of it (associated rhetoric thus far isn't sincere in my assessment) and keeping the peace in South Asia.
Of course, the US might also (once again) instrumentalize Pakistan against India for containing the latter or punishing it if its foreign policy becomes too independent for the US' taste, but anyhow, I just don't see India waging an unprovoked war on Pakistan.
Whatever one might think about the BJP, it doesn't have a suicide wish, and Israel doesn't really see a threat from Pakistan so long as it remains under US influence and doesn't share ballistic or nuclear technology with Iran and/or Turkiye.
Pakistan has a track record of doing certain things that upset the US in order to get the US' attention and then extract payment in exchange for ceasing whatever it was that upset the US so I wouldn't rule out that it might leverage its missile program in the same way.
Have you read the book “No Exit from Pakistan” by Daniel Markey? If not I highly recommend it.
No, but thanks for the recommendation! Can you briefly summarize it?
It’s been a while since I read it, but it’s a deep dive into the love/hate relationship between the US & Pakistan for the entire existence of the latter.