USA had threatened Pakistan to send it to stone age if it didn't comply with specific demands from USA at start of the so called War on Terror in 2001. To USA amazement, Pakistan agreed to every demand. A few years later, USA started complaining about double game from Pakistan by helping some Taliban groups in secret.
Some questions arise:
The double game costed USA the whole mulit-trillion dollar war in Afghanistan. The Taliban, who were fighting with primitive weapons, could not be properly defeated in more than 13 years of war. USA and NATO forces fought in Afghanistan for more than 13 years, and spent trillions of tax-payers dollars, but didn't got much.
USA and NATO couldn't even stop the opium production in Afghanistan which had restarted after their arrival.
So, the whole war on terror in Afghanistan was a complete failure. And apparently, USA didn't tried to save the war at all.
Some questions arise:
- Was Pakistan really playing a double game?
- Pakistan was forced in the war it didn't want. Wasn't a double game expected from Pakistan?
- Pakistan was held at gun point, why would USA not expect a double game, or stab-in-back from Pakistan?
- Why USA didn't do anything major to stop Pakistan from the double game?
The double game costed USA the whole mulit-trillion dollar war in Afghanistan. The Taliban, who were fighting with primitive weapons, could not be properly defeated in more than 13 years of war. USA and NATO forces fought in Afghanistan for more than 13 years, and spent trillions of tax-payers dollars, but didn't got much.
USA and NATO couldn't even stop the opium production in Afghanistan which had restarted after their arrival.
So, the whole war on terror in Afghanistan was a complete failure. And apparently, USA didn't tried to save the war at all.
Every state has its own interest to follow in every international crisis. It can't just obey orders of another state. Even if agrees to fully cooperate with another state on a matter, it will still try to have as more control on the matters as possible.
ReplyDeleteThe same was situation with Pakistan. It initially agreed, no matter what the circumstances were, with the USA to fight Taliban, it still had its own interests. USA can't realize or understand Pakistani interests and commitments from thousands of miles away.