Until few years ago USA and Coalition owned Afghanistan.
They allowed India to setup shop there, and start activities.
USA is there only to counter and cause mischief for China; they will not allow china to exploit minerals etc from Afghanistan.
Current annoyance is with Pakistan for giving China route to warm waters, to Middle east and Africa.
that is where the consumers are.
1) Pakistan's failure in many aspects is because you guys never know the right thing and whatever the prepped media is told, you hear it and make up your mind. Its how it works everywhere else.
2) The US didn't "allow" India shops. The Afghans LOVE India. And as a natural cause, the US would welcome India because the Afghans love them and that makes it much easier for the US to remain limited and not tick off nationalist Afghans as they look at US as the foreign power sitting in their country.
What Pakistan needs to figure out is that how come Pakistan has kept, fed and provided safety to 3 million Afghans for 30 years, and they hate you guys so much that its not even funny. What caused it????
3) Yes, the US is there to counter China. But that's just how it is. Pakistan was in many Arab countries too......did that mean anything? This is just global politics.......what's the point you were trying to make?? Pakistan and the US can still work together. Granted Pakistan does the RIGHT diplomacy which your generals don't want to learn. Civilian in Suits, Civilian in Suits and Civilian in Suits!! No military uniform going to American democratically elected leaders. Not even a Senator!!!! Its that simple. But instead of learning the lesson, the Generals ignore it. When you speak to someone and want something from them, its a give and take relationship. But the first thing, is to have that relationship to be able to talk to the other party. The Americans see generals and that's it. They are turned off and if they sit, its forced upon them for their benefits. This one thing alone can do wonders for the Pakistani diplomacy if you adapt it.
4) If you use common sense, you'll find out that the US has been very concerned and upfront about the threat of terrorism from Pakistani soil. In that regards, the US and the entire globe (minus India), knows that a strong Pakistan is in the world's best interest. The US isn't on Mars, its on the planet Earth. Meaning they understand that Pakistan needs a way to grow. If CPEC is it, than so be it. But, someone from the Pakistani side, IN American way of dealing with them, has to make them understand. Again, your uniform goes there and they shut down as they want to ONLY deal with a democratically elected officials. Just the way of doing business. Its like, they want you to pay for American weapons in Dollar, and you keep offering them Saudi Riyal. Would that make a deal? No, because the basic requirements aren't being met.
I know this for a fact, if Gen. Raheen hadn't come after NS's trip, the F-16's were a go. His trip and insisting on meeting Obama and other senior officials ticked off the American leadership a LOT. Just like when you go to Medical school, you learn about diseases and how to cure them, dealing with the US (foreign diplomacy) has its own way of doing business. And that is based on Civilian elected leaders on each side. This is the minimum requirement of two to go along. Hope this made sense. I keep saying this, deal with the Americans the right way and reap the benefits long term. They are good people when you deal with them in how they want to communicate. China's $ 46 billion investment is being touted as "it'll change Pakistan", the US's system is over $ 18 trillion strong. Investing $ 50-100 billion is a joke for the American companies. But, for Pakistan, a $ 50 -100 billion would mean her GDP would climb in less than 10 years to top 12th spot on the global economic map. This is how real this can be, but you just need to know how to deal with them.
