Donald Trump’s threatening tweet
Asif Haroon Raja
Pakistan
was made an ally by USA in September 2001 to fight its war on terror as a
frontline State but was treacherously subjected to biggest ever covert war to
destabilize, de-Islamize and denuclearize it. For the success of covert
operations launched by RAW-NDS combine backed by CIA, MI-6, Mossad and BND from
Afghan and Iran soils in FATA and Baluchistan from 2003 onwards, Pakistan was
subjected to a willful propaganda campaign to demonize and discredit it by
painting it as a the most dangerous country of the world. It was subjected to a
barrage of unsubstantiated accusations that it was in collusion with terrorist
groups. It was also alleged that Pakistan’s nuclear program was unsafe and might
fall into wrong hands. Allegations and denunciations were made by Bush regime
as well as Obama regime and Pakistan was constantly asked to do more. Policy of
‘Do More’ was a clever ploy to bleed Pakistan as well as to tarnish its image
and thus weaken it from within.
The
latest narrative framed against Pakistan by Donald Trump regime is that it is
continuing to provide safe havens to Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network and is
chiefly responsible for the instability in Afghanistan. It ignored Pakistan’s
colossal sacrifices and brilliant successes achieved against the foreign funded
and equipped terrorists. On August 22, 2017, Trump subjected Pakistan to
severest denunciation and threats while pronouncing his Afghanistan policy. He
reiterated his stance while elucidating his national security policy last
month. Trump,Secretary Defence Rex Tillerson and Vice President Mike Pence have
rejected Pakistan’s explanations and hurled threatsof aid cut, sanctions and
losing territory if it fails to abide by the US dictates. The old allegation
that Pakistan’s nuclear assets are unsafe has again been repeated and Pakistan
put on notice. In other words, a clear cut narrative has been framedto validate
punitive action against Pakistan. Threat of unilateral action has been soundedby
USA to force Pakistan to fight its war and help the US in converting its defeat
into victory.
On January
1, Trump gave a New Year gift by tweeting:The
US has foolishly givenPakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15
years,andthey have given us nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of our
leaders as fools. They give safe havens to terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan,
with little help. No more”.
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, in response
to Donald Trump’s tweet said that Pakistan was not worried as it had already
refused to ‘do more’ for the US.“We have already told the US that we will not
do more, so Trump’s ‘no more’ does not hold any importance,”. “Pakistan is
ready to publicly provide every detail of the US aid that it has received.”Asif
tweeted. “Will let the world know the truth….difference between facts &
fiction.” He added that any drone attacking Pakistan’s urban centres will be
shot down.
Pakistan Foreign Office
summoned US Ambassador David Haleand lodged its protest
against US President Donald Trump’s tweet wherein he accused Pakistan
of “lies and deceit” and used
undiplomatic threatening language against an ally.
Prime Minister ShahidKhaqanAbbasi has
summoned a meeting of the National Security Committeeon 3rd January.
He will chair the huddle to discuss the future course of action following the
US President’s scathing statement against Pakistan.
None
appreciated Trump’s weird tweet inside and outside USA except for India, which
is rejoicing and is terming Trump as the best President the US has had since
ages. I was asked for comments by IndiaTimesNow but got thoroughly disappointed
by my curt reply that, ‘Pakistan is quite used to ups and downs in its
relationship with USA, but mercifully it has got out of the US magic spell, and
it no more yearns for US aid, and that it is now India’s turn, which is in the
tight embrace of USA, to face the music. I also rubbished the claim of $33
billion and added that Pakistan lost $123 billion in US imposed war besides
70,000 human casualties.
Comic
replies given to Trump’s tweet read: “Change
your diaper and go to bed”. “Piss off, you are drunk”. “When is your Tee time
today? Fool! Didn’t you tweet about how you were building a good relationship
with Pakistan and were thankful for their cooperation? O yeah, that was all of
two weeks ago. You are pathological. Please resign”.
The US
is hell-bent to scapegoat Pakistan in order to hide its enormous failures in
Afghanistan. While Pakistan has cleared all the safe havens and strongholds of
TTP despite its leadership enjoying a complete safe haven in Kunar, Nuristan
and Nangarhar, NATO has ceded over 47% Afghan territory to Afghan Taliban.
It is
time for the US to accept its fault lines and fight its own war, or else accept
its defeat gracefully, patch up with the Taliban and find a political solution
instead of scapegoating Pakistan, and beat a hasty retreat from the quagmire it
has got stuck. The US must remember that it buckled down before Lilliputian North
Korea which is an emerging nuclear power, but is now foolishly vying to lock
horns with a full-fledged nuclear power, which is height of foolhardiness.
A
highly dangerous situation has been created for Pakistan already grappling with
multiple internal challenges. Ongoing political turmoil as a result of gang up
of opposition political cum religious parties/groups in their bid to put the Federal
and Punjab governments in the dock has further vitiated the atmosphere and made
Pakistan more vulnerable to exploitation by enemies of Pakistan. The people are
suspecting that ongoing political disorder in Pakistan. They
feel that All Parties Conferencechaired by TahirulQadrion December 30in which deadline
was given to Shahbaz to quit by 7th Januaryor face sit-ins all over
the country is also the handiwork of partners in crime working in cahoots with
puppet regime in Kabul.
The
US-Saudi and the US-India strategic partnerships are impelling both Iran and
Pakistan to gravitate towards China and Russia and explore avenues to form a
unified block in conjunction with Central Asian States to counter the US
imperialist designs.
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