Friday, September 17, 2021

Blamed Pakistan, but punished France.

"The Biden administration will review US ties with Pakistan in light of Islamabad's support for Taliban terrorists while professing to help Washington in Afghanistan, the country's top diplomat told the Congress," wrote Chidanand Rajghatta. "Amid considerable disquiet among lawmakers and the US commentariat over Pakistan's duplicity in Afghanistan", US "lawmakers demanded more severe action against Islamabad for its subversive role, including ending its status as a major non-Nato ally (MNNA) that opened up a military and financial aid spigot that cost US taxpayers billions of dollars." With 14 of the top 15 universities in the world, usnews.com, it is astonishing that the US establishment has been so stupid for decades even when American soldiers were dying in Afghanistan because of Pakistan. Given that the American government is so stupid, it is worrying that 590,021 foreign students, of which 207,460 are Indians, are studying in universities in the US, Times of India (TOI). "Pakistan's army Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has backed the Taliban since the group's origin in the mid-1990s," brookings.edu. "Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban, was trained by the ISI during the war against the Soviets in the 1980s." "After the American invasion of Afghanistan, Omar went into exile in Pakistan along with most of his lieutenants. With the ISI's help, they rebuilt the infrastructure in the borderlands and gradually stepped up attacks on the NATO and Afghan forces. Pakistani aid went far beyond sanctuary and safe haven for the leadership and cadres and their families -- it included training, arms, experts, and help in fundraising, especially among the Gulf states." In fact, despite Pakistan's open duplicity there are people like Robin Raphael who actively support both Pakistan and the Taliban, Swarajya. However, Raphael is almost acceptable compared to President Richard Nixon who hated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and found Indian women revolting, India Today. His sidekick Henry Kissinger described Indians as "superb flatterers" and "scavengers". Nixon threatened India with the Seventh Fleet in the east, while Britain sent its fleet to the west of India, to stop India from attacking Pakistani forces in East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh, Eurasian Times. The turmoil in the US is because 13 US soldiers were killed by suicide bombers in Kabul during President Joe Biden's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to boast during this year's 9/11 events, AP. To divert attention away from the debacle, "Australia will build eight nuclear- powered submarines under an Indo-Pacific security partnership with the United States and Britain that analysts say will likely rile China, which denounced the creation of blocs intent on harming others," Reuters. This is an Anglo alliance which "scuppered a multibillion dollar deal" that France had signed with Australia. For the first time, "France has said it is recalling its ambassadors in the US and Australia for consultations, in protest against a security deal that also includes the UK," BBC. Meanwhile, "The US has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, even as the kingdom faced continued air attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels, satellite photos show," The Tribune. This will probably leave Saudi Arabia open to missile and drone attacks by Iran, as happened in 2019, wikipedia. In an act of mutiny, "Top US General Mark Milley has defended himself after a book reported he had 'secret' phone calls with China amid concerns about then-President Donald Trump," BBC. "President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind the top US officer, Mark Milley," Reuters. "The White House abruptly cut the feed of President Biden's briefing on wildfires with federal and state officials," Fox. Shows that Biden is a weak, vindictive man not in charge of the government. Anti-American nations will try to take advantage. An all-out war seems inevitable.      

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