Mr. Haqqani’s paranoia knows no bounds. Once again, he is hypothesizing that Pakistan may use the nearly USD one billion worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other defense equipment in its fight against India instead of being used against terrorists. The rule is that you either tell all or stay quiet. Especially if one is to play the constructive critique card, one must look to address concerns regarding Indian involvement in exacerbating Pakistan’s security issues. Since it has now been established that the individual has little regard for having held public office former to his reincarnation as the self-congratulatory Julian Assange of Pakistan, it is important to point out the gaping holes in his ‘frank’ analysis.It is rather absurd that Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the US should now turn his guns towards Islamabad and question why the US is sending helicopters to Pakistan. (Note that he used the pronoun we in his opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal when he spoke of the US.) Surely Mr. Haqqani cannot be naïve enough to assume that fourth generation warfare isn’t a reality in the post-Cold War world; in the same corollary, it can be argued that Mr. Haqqani should not expect any sane reader to disregard the possibility of India employing it as a part of its security policy. When the environment seems conducive, the opportunity is seldom wasted. That is the bedrock of realpolitik.
No comments:
Post a Comment