Zalmay Khalilzad, an
Afghan-origin’s US diplomat who played a key role in America’s policy towards
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, has advised the
US government to adopt a policy of “total isolation” against Pakistan and send
Islamabad a strong signal to face the prospect of becoming a “second North
Korea” if it continues destabilizing Afghanistan by supporting the Taliban and
Haqqani network. He asked the US government to suspend all assistance to
Pakistan and “move towards isolating Pakistan internationally, including not
supporting IMF renewal of financial support.”
Zalmay’s tirade came amid reports of American ties with Pakistan going sour.
Indian Prime Minister Modi, in his address to the US Congress, urged America to
isolate Pakistan. India is also being given enhanced role in Afghanistan since
the Chabahar corridor has been given to Indian control. Richard Oslon, the US
envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has on record admitted that various Indian
Consulates are active along the Pakistan border in Afghanistan. Obama has penned
a number of deals with India, including 100 F-16s to be given to India, and
together use the Indian soil for drones, etc. This shows the level of
cooperation and punitive action to be taken if and when required.
One understands that opposing the "US War Business" is not a solution. One
understands that unlike the propagated myth, America has never helped Pakistan
or any other country in the world, except their own "colonies", like Alaska,
Hawaii, etc. America has only helped America. That’s why there are around 1,000
US military bases all over the world. That’s why the US controls the UN Security
Council and uses NATO for its own ends. That’s why around 250 armed conflicts
are raging in the world, under the American ‘supervision’. Doesn’t America know
Indian Black Cats are protecting Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan with the Ashraf
Ghani government very much in the know? Doesn’t America know the Afghan army
attacks at will the Pakistan side and inflict casualties on Pakistan, and then
pressure Islamabad, saying Washington won’t be party to the conflict resolution?
Don’t we know the 7th fleet never reaches its destination?
It is not America that helped Pakistan, gave dollars and hired the army to fight
for the Americans. It is Pakistan that extended all kinds of help, helped
America won the war against Russia and pulled Americans from all sort of
troubled waters. Tom Harkin, the Senior US Senator, rightly said: “Cold War or
Hot War, in every war they (Pakistanis) stood by the Americans. If it was not
for Pakistan, I dare say the Cold War would not have been won.” Nothing is
permanent in this world. If communism faced death, so can the capitalism, refer
to Wall Street protests! Should the US disappear from the map tomorrow, UK,
Russia, Switzerland, France, China, Belgium, Israel, etc, are all ready and
willing to take over. The business as usual will continue. By backstabbing
Pakistan, America is losing a friend that has sacrificed its men, around
$1trillion property, its decades of peace and future of generations.
My isolation is my solitude, we are better off you. Remember words of Kissinger
“America as a friend is more dangerous than being an enemy.”