Cabinet gives nod to security pact with US

[Dalit]

There is only one real ally that the US has and that is India.

Pakistan doesn't even come in the 100th place.

 

[Tomcats]

I should also mention that the US military is boarding in favor of increasing ties with Pakistan, because they recognize how important Pakistan geopolitical positioning is. In the worst case, they want Pakistan's neutrality.

The decline in ties is almost entirely due to politics and politicians within the US who wanted a scapegoat to blame their failures on for Afghanistan.

Pakistan's geopolitical clout at this point relative to the others in the region is pretty low, the end of the report provides a more realistic take and answer. The only area of mutual agreement is w.r.t militant groups finding save havens in Afghanistan, that's about it.

However, a retired senior army officer played down the development.

Requesting anonymity, the officer, who previously dealt with the US, said despite this agreement it was not easy for Pakistan to buy military hardware from the US.

Referring to the growing strategic ties between the US and India, the officer said Washington’s long-term interests are not aligned with Islamabad. Nevertheless, the US needs Pakistan in certain critical areas and hence this agreement serves the purpose of both.

Pakistan once was one of the major recipients of military and security assistance from the US. But things began to change when the cold war ended and China started challenging the supremacy of the US.

The situation prompted Washington to seek closer cooperation with India to counter China. Pakistan, meanwhile, lost its decades of significance in the eyes of the US.

However, the renewal of the CIS-MOA suggests that the US at least does not want to downgrade ties with Pakistan, according to another source.

 

[That Guy]

Pakistan's geopolitical clout at this point relative to the others in the region is pretty low, the end of the report provides a more realistic take and answer. The only area of mutual agreement is w.r.t militant groups finding save havens in Afghanistan, that's about it.

However, a retired senior army officer played down the development.

Requesting anonymity, the officer, who previously dealt with the US, said despite this agreement it was not easy for Pakistan to buy military hardware from the US.

Referring to the growing strategic ties between the US and India, the officer said Washington’s long-term interests are not aligned with Islamabad. Nevertheless, the US needs Pakistan in certain critical areas and hence this agreement serves the purpose of both.

Pakistan once was one of the major recipients of military and security assistance from the US. But things began to change when the cold war ended and China started challenging the supremacy of the US.

The situation prompted Washington to seek closer cooperation with India to counter China. Pakistan, meanwhile, lost its decades of significance in the eyes of the US.

However, the renewal of the CIS-MOA suggests that the US at least does not want to downgrade ties with Pakistan, according to another source.

That's a more political view of the situation, rather a military strategic view.

US military planners know that a pro-China Pakistan ends up with China getting near direct access to the Indian Ocean and strait of hormuz. Gwadar can easy end up seeing Chinese warships being parked there, regardless of there being a Chinese military base or not, simply due to the port's design.

Fun fact, the US military was the one to push Obama to try and sell Ah-1Z and F-16s to Pakistan, but it was the politicians who blocked the deal. The US navy even tried to find a loop hole to send zulus, but that was quickly found out and blocked by the democrats st the time.

 

[salarsikander]

IK himself had openly supported Taliban in interview after interview to the Western media.

it was Pkaistan Military and Hameed gul the father of Taliban, that supportred and nutured Talibans after Mujahideen - learn you facts forst dumb fk

 

[Fasbre2]

US has been and will always be an ally of Pakistan.

US-Pakistani ties are much deeper than the US-India ties which are transactional in nature.

Been let out of the looney bin for the weekend ??

 

[alphapak]

IK himself had openly supported Taliban in interview after interview to the Western media.

There is a reason why his is called "Taliban Khan".

Who released Ehsanullah Ehsan and Muslim Khan?

Muslim Khan used to play football with the heads of Pakistani
soldiers.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

These so called terrorist were actually Pakistan citizens genius.

So PTI will release terrorists if they are citizens?