In the wake of President Trump’s twitter outburst last week, alleging that Pakistan has given the U.S. “nothing but lies and deceit” accompanied by the suspension of US financial aid, Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan declared that military and intelligence cooperation with the United States are suspended, during an address at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Khan, who was speaking at a seminar titled: "Contours of Security Environment of Pakistan,’ said the U.S. is now facing defeat in Afghanistan after a 16-year war, despite spending billions of dollars. With defeat imminent, he claims the U.S. is using Pakistan as a ‘scapegoat,’ rather than defending and securing the Pak-Afghan border.
“Pakistan does not want to put a price on its sacrifices but wants them to be recognized,” Khan added that Pakistan would not allow Afghanistan’s war to be fought on Pakistani soil.
Military relations between Pakistan and the United States have stretched as far back as 1947. The Afghan-Pakistan Center of Excellence is a division of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), with military operations sometimes jointly focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s widely known that CIA drone bases and U.S. military logistical operations for Afghanistan are located in the country.
Kahn emphasized, "a wide field of intelligence cooperation and defense cooperation have been suspended,” but added the supply lines for NATO troops in Afghanistan would remain open. There was little mention of the fate of CIA drone bases operating in the country.
Pakistani demonstrators burn images of President Donald Trump and the U.S. flag during a protest against U.S. aid cuts in Lahore on January 5.
Khan stated, "you see the facilities that we have extended to them (Americans) are still in operation. We have not suspended them. But there is also a wide field of intelligence cooperation and defense cooperation which we have suspended."
Ironically, during the speech, Kahn criticized the U.S. for doing very little to fence the border with Afghanistan. The border stretches some 2,500 Km, where militants frequently take advantage of the open-order.
“It is convenient to blame Pakistan for cross-border terrorism whereas the US has not lifted a finger to help fence-up the border,” Khan was quoted as saying.
Maybe if Trump fails to build his "border wall" in the US, he can erect one between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
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The unprecedented collapse in diplomatic relations between the US and Pakistan comes less than a week after Pakistan announced it would ditch the US Dollar in bilateral trade with China, and adopt the Yuan as China has successfully replaced the US as Pakistan's sovereign "big brother."
Richard Snelsire, a U.S.Embassy spokesman said, according to VOA news, "we have not received any formal communication regarding a suspension."
Meanwhile, so far 2018 has been nothing but a setback for Washington and Islamabad relations. President Trump kicked off the new year with a Twitter war pressuring Islamabad to “do more” to combat terrorism.
The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2018
The official twitter account of the Pakistan Ministry of Defense fired back saying they’ve offered valuable resources to the U.S. over the years but have received nothing but “invective and mistrust” in return.
Pak as anti-terror ally has given free to US: land & air communication, military bases & intel cooperation that decimated Al-Qaeda over last 16yrs, but they have given us nothing but invective & mistrust. They overlook cross-border safe havens of terrorists who murder Pakistanis.
— Pak Minister Defence (@PakMnstrDefence) January 1, 2018
America's fading influence in Pakistan has gained significant momentum in just the past month. In less than two weeks, President Trump and Washington have managed to collapse relations with Islamabad, resulting in a suspension of the Pakistani military and intelligence cooperation. This could jeopardize the war in Afghanistan, considering Pakistan holds strategic assets for the fight against terrorism in the region. Nevertheless, as relations between both countries decline, Afghanistan is in real danger of becoming the new Vietnam, while Washington blames Pakistan for its 16-years of military failure and a price tab now approaching a trillion dollars.
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This looks like a farce. There is always cooperation between intelligence agencies when money is involved....and there is always money involved.
USA is heading downhill...
In reply to This looks like a farce. … by The Ram
Pakis........ The gizzards of humanity.
In reply to USA is heading downhill... by synergize
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Wow... That Really Escalated Quickly...
In reply to Pakis........ by jcaz
About time. China can have them.
In reply to . by Sir Edge
If the American Regime does not retrieve all troops from Afghanistan pronto,expect lots and lots of body bags.
The supply line through Pakistan's ports to Afghanistan is cut off.
In reply to . by Sir Edge
Isn't this great, now the seeEYEAAA has another cuntry to fuck up and overthrow and the USA has gets another group of fucking muslim immigrants to be imported. Shitty business as usual.
In reply to Pakis........ by jcaz
I'm awaiting the Paki's wake-up and smell the coffee moment that China is officially atheist and that there foreign policy is much more existential than the US just became.. Really it has been almost a sort of extortion allot of this aid and really we shouldn't continue we are cooperating anymore than what we are? Who speaks for the tribal regions? If you imagine that there is one unified voice for Pakistan anymore than there is one unified voice for say the United States that wouldn't be accurate. In Pakistan it's still all about tribes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas
Good focking luck with this.. others tried.. they did.. and if China is harsh on em I'll be like well??? That was the deal you all wanted.. My bet is that China is closer and can work harder.. should be damn interesting..
But a new deal was cut by the folks in the capital, lets see how it trickles and how long that lasts...
If China can actually make something of the area than good for them.. I'm sincere when I say that.
In reply to Isn't this great, now the… by ReZn8r
Lots of dumb fuck pindotards posting today :D
China don't need to 'make something' of Pakistan, they just need to lessen dumbfuck JUSA influence along their Silk Road. Eventually dumbfuck JUSA will have zero 'friends' since the bribes no longer gain benefit.
In reply to I'm awaiting the Paki's wake… by Dilluminati
Both sides make you earn money.
What disturbs folks is the fact that the yankees also disrespect you and force you to buy their expensive and not so effective weapons.
It really is a no-brainer.
In reply to Loys of dumb fuck pindotards… by 07564111
This is funny as shit considering how far up Congress's ass the Awan brothers of the ISI have been. And they aren't the only ones. This whole Casandra Operation stinks to Paki intelligence. What a fucking joke. Good on you, Mr. President. But while you're at it, let's get our asses out of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. We'se got no bid'ness dar'.
Let Halliburton fight its own fucking wars.
In reply to Both sides make you earn… by peddling-fiction
My dear ,this was See Eye Ayy outsourcing their intel operations. For possible deniability issues.
Do you really think the Awan brothers could operate so brazenly without US intel knowledge? Are you so naive?
In reply to This is funny as shit… by Theosebes Goodfellow
China and Russia both recognize that Pakistan's issues are for the Pakis to solve. There isn't any amount of drones or MOABs that can sort out Islamabad from DC, Beijing or Moscow. And that, my friends, is the fundamental difference between US and Russian/Chinese foreign policy.
In reply to Loys of dumb fuck pindotards… by 07564111
Thanks for the perspective that the article completely missed.
In reply to I'm awaiting the Paki's wake… by Dilluminati
Nope... Pakis got nukes.
In reply to Isn't this great, now the… by ReZn8r
Reagan & Bush Adm. let the Pak's into the club via the Wolfowitz Doctrine
***Won't Link*** ????!!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Barlow (lntelligence_analyst)
In reply to Nope... Pakis got nukes. by 11b40
Speaking of down hill, you still having problems getting it up?
In reply to USA is heading downhill... by synergize
What?!
They were cooperating?
In reply to Speaking of down hill, you… by NEOCON1
So they are angry that they can't bilk the U.S. any longer? LOL Idiots.
In reply to … by BennyBoy
Cooperation. Like they told us where Oamabeenbozzled was all along, what?
In reply to So they are angry that they… by IH8OBAMA
Some people are MIA around here, and I dont think its from too many enemas.
In reply to Cooperation. Like they told… by knukles
That escalated quickly. Time for a Indo-Paki nuclear exchange.
In reply to Some people are MIA around… by 1 Alabama
"They can't bilk the US anylonger"?
See? Everyone gets used to seeing Israel play the beggar to DC and think that anyone that can't shake them down at that level of competency is an amateur.
It is a lot like watching a Cirque show and bitching at your wife that she can't bend that way.
In reply to So they are angry that they… by IH8OBAMA
Yawn....
In reply to USA is heading downhill... by synergize
This is not a loss because Pakistan has always played the US and China off, using one for a time and then the other. Now at least we can see clearly Pakistan is in China's orbit. It was good to state no more money for a relationship which is two faced and really didn't help the US in Afghanistan. Also, Pakistan and Afghanistan are at war over borders, it was Pakistan always working to secretly destabilize Afghanistan. Pakistan has border wars with India and Afghanistan. China is using Pakistan as a proxy for a war with China's traditional enemy- India.
Pakistan has been pumping terrorist in to Kashmir and India, a known documented fact. Essential the lines are being drawn and the sides are being chosen for a war on the Indian sub continent. Pakistan on the flank and China splitting India to break off East India for natural resources and access to the Indian Ocean.
The Doklam mountain pass build up, Kashmir standoff, and Chumbi valley build up telegraphed Chinese intentions to India. The US is firmly on the side of India.
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In reply to USA is heading downhill... by synergize
Trump’s going to Davos. He will be meeting with India’s PM. Makes sense.
In reply to This is not a loss because… by MK ULTRA Alpha
And at the bottom of the hill is a big hole full of shit and at the bottom of the hole is Pakistan.
In reply to USA is heading downhill... by synergize
Quick, nuke'em, before they go rogue....
In reply to This looks like a farce. … by The Ram
Nothing makes me prouder to be an American than to see this P.O.S. bunch burn trumps picture.
Pull all support from these ragheads
In reply to Quick, nuke'em, before they… by toady
Just the thought that my Tax Money is going to some Camel Fucking,corrupt Smelly Mullah somewhere in Stinkistan makes me want to....
In reply to Nothing makes me prouder to… by Antifaschistische
"Our" government (I am an American and fully cognizant of the fact that it is a Zionist Occupied Government {ZOG} and has been for a long time) should end all foreign aid to all countries, including and especially to Israel, and spend the money here in the USA where it is desperately needed.
That, of course, will not happen as long as ZOG is in control and their interests are what matter.
In reply to Nothing makes me prouder to… by Antifaschistische
Question: So what have we gotten from Pakistan lately?
Answer: The AWAN brothers who stole intelligence from the USA and GOT PAID FOR IT under corrupt and immoral DNC LEADERSHIP.
In a word: NOTHING!!!
Way to go Mr. President. You are correct in your assessment.
In reply to Quick, nuke'em, before they… by toady
The elites are continuing to lose control of the systems they have built, this is just one more step in that trend.
https://goldsilverliberty.blogspot.ca/2018/01/bill-murphy-gold-cartel-i…
In reply to This looks like a farce. … by The Ram
Bingo and it's all going to catch them in one night.
In reply to The elites are continuing to… by Cash2Riches
Yes but it's not money it's green toilet paper.
I wonder where and who gave Pakistan all this nuclear technology???
Everything is blowing up in the USA face
In reply to This looks like a farce. … by The Ram
I bet their congressional spy ring is still in full swing though.
In reply to This looks like a farce. … by The Ram
always liked india better anyway.
That's the first time I've seen the words Pakistan and intelligence used in the same sentence.
What about the Awan brothers?
s/
In reply to That's the first time I've… by zorba THE GREEK
Awan brothers got caught and are probably going to jail for a long time for espionage. That's not intelligent in my book.
In reply to What about the Awan brothers… by Bay of Pigs
Pakistan should perhaps tell Trump to vacate all military personnel and equipment from the country immediately.
Anyone got odds on Trump escalating the war of words until they do exactly this?
In reply to Pakistan should perhaps tell… by napper
Fuck the Pakis! Home of 99 percent of Islamic terrorism. Since the muslims got their own country they have constantly caused trouble in the area. You doubt me? Explain how Osama lived right next to a military base for years then. Just cut off all the western payments.
ZH reported he was dead all those years
In reply to Fuck the Pakis! Home of 99… by The Count
Well, since he was, they should've. It was widely reported in the Arabian press that he died in December 2001. But of course, that wasn't reported here; instead, the gruberment had to rig up a school play to glorify abomba.
In reply to ZH reported he was dead all… by keep the basta…
winds of war are a blowing
all we need now is any random false flag... or series of false flags or god knows what... but it shouldn't be much "fun" for anyone if things deteriorate from here.
In reply to winds of war are a blowing by Termin8or
Pakistan is not afraid of some foreign forced regime change coming their way, it
knows it is a shithole to start with worse than any your failed nation state of affairs
after it got intentionally collapsed. Well, they got started at nationhood
by a collapsing British India...kind of that subcontinent`s armpit ever since.
Anyway, good move by Trump benefiting the people of either nation. Military
aid is pressure money directed at real killings in the worst case and at best wasted
on weapons procurement benefiting the donor side most because this is where
the contracts go.
Must be rather sobering for the love-hate relationship third world people (make it 4th world for Pakistan!) have with America , which for them is the US and all the promises missed.
In reply to winds of war are a blowing by Termin8or
Pakistan was created by the pirate and buccaneer nation,when they had an Empire ,where the "sun did not set on".When it was forced to leave the Indian colonies ,it created Pakistan,as a way to divide et impera.
Pakistan was instrumental in the US presence in Afghanistan.
In reply to Pakistan is not afraid of… by TheGardener
Great demonstration of "The Art of the Deal" there, Trump!
How long before there is an "uprising" or two, carefully nurtured by the usual US suspects, along with a few "unfortunate accidents" involving the Pakistan Senior Command??
Pagination