In a world without America as leader, the order becomes the laws of the jungle and survival of the fittest. Alliances are now being strengthened in a manner reminiscent of those seen in maximum security prisons, where in order to survive, one must ally with friends of mutual convenience, no matter how dangerous they are, […]
Pakistan’s Antiterrorism Potemkin Village
A Pakistani court convicted on April 7 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) jihadist leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed of two terrorism finance charges, each carrying penalties of 15.5 and 16.5 years imprisonment. While at first glance this judgment might indicate a strong Pakistani stand against terrorism, there is more than meets the eye in Pakistan, a state with a […]
Frenemy Benazir Bhutto
After Benazir Bhutto became Pakistani prime minister in 1988, Pakistan “committed to furthering Islamism in the heart of Asia, seeing it as the sole ideology capable of containing and reversing the breakup of Pakistan along ethno-national lines.” So wrote in 1999 House Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare Director Yossef Bodansky about how Pakistan’s […]
Hamid Karzai calls out Imran Khan, says ISIS threat is from Pakistan, not Afghanistan
Islamic issues continue to be a stumbling block to Western policy strategists, who persistently see Islamic politics and culture through the lenses of Western norms, giving them big blind spots when anything Islamic does not fall into the neat template of Islam being a religion of peace, a claim that is a big fallacy. At […]
Biden Invites Pro-Taliban Pakistan to ‘Democracy Summit’
A day after the Taliban seized power in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani fled the war-torn country, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Afghans have “broken the chains of slavery in the country.” Doesn’t stop Pakistan from getting an invite to Biden’s Democracy Summit. Even Foreign Policy mag and the Washington Post both note that being a […]
‘Pakistani military enrolled Afghan refugees in madrassas to brainwash them with Islamist ideologies’
Pakistan is no ally of the United States and hasn’t been for years, but no one in Washington knows that yet. “Pakistan joins hand with Taliban to destroy Afghan identity, culture: Former Pak senator,” WebIndia123, November 12, 2021: A former senator of Pakistan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has accused Islamabad of joining hands with the Taliban […]
Pakistan Maritime Security personnel open fire on two Indian fishing boats, one fisherman killed
An act of war by a putative ally. “Pakistan Maritime Forces Attack Indian Fishing Boats; One Killed, FIR Registered,” by Shloak Prabhu, RepublicWorld, November 7, 2021: In a shocking incident, the Pakistan Maritime Security personnel opened fire on two Indian fishing boats near the International maritime boundary line (IMBL) on Saturday. According to sources, the […]
Washington Post Spins Pakistan’s Military Support of Taliban
The big question that’s been asked, and not answered, is how the Taliban were able to so quickly take over Afghanistan. The answer is the same one as the old question, “Where’s Osama bin Laden”. Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan are a Pakistani project. The Taliban took over Afghanistan so rapidly because they had a state […]
Frenemy Pakistan
“To this day, Usama bin Laden is a popular icon in Pakistan. Mosques and affiliated madrassas schools in Pakistan teach hatred of America and all that is not Islam,” wrote high-ranking National Security Council veteran Richard Clarke in 2004. His memoir Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror provided ample proof of Pakistan’s […]
Pakistan’s Khan: Taliban can be partners in peace for both the United States and Pakistan
“The Prophet said, ‘War is deceit.’” (Bukhari 4.52.269) “Taliban and US can be partners for peace: PM Khan,” Daily Times, September 24, 2021 (thanks to Henry): Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the Taliban can be potential partners in peace for both the United States and Pakistan, as he termed American President Joe Biden’s […]