Has Any Pakistani Leader Ever Received Warm Washington Welcome Like Modi?

[GURU DUTT]

After watching the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's welcome in Washington this week, one of my blog readers asked me the following question: "Has Any Pakistani leader ever received a warm Washington welcome like Modi"s?"

The answer is: Yes, President Ayub Khan of Pakistan received a much bigger and warmer welcome in America than India Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week. Before I describe it, let me try and put things in perspective for my readers.


President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy receiving President Ayub Khan

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger of the United States has often been quoted as saying: “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.”

Let's interpret Kissinger's quote to explain the crux of the shifting alliances since the end of the US-Soviet Cold War in early 1990s. The United States needed Pakistan to counter the Soviet influence in Asia until late 1980s. Today, America needs India to check the rise of China as a great superpower which is seen as challenging the United States as the sole superpower now.

Even as the Obama administration courts Modi, the top US officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, are in Beijing for "Strategic and Economic Dialogue". It's an acknowledgment of the fact that the U.S. and China are the two largest economies in the world. American Treasury Secretary has described the US-China relationship as "the most important economic relationship in the world."

Meanwhile, Pakistan is drawing close to China to broaden its strategic relationship with stronger economic and military ties. Joint military programs like the JF-17 Thunder combat jet and the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are manifestations of it.




Now, let me describe in a little more detail Pakistani President Ayub Khan's 1961 visit to the United States. The fact is Modi's reception pales in comparison to what a Pakistani leader got during the Cold War.

The Pakistani President was extended the rare honor of being welcomed by the US President and the First Lady at the airport when the PIA airplane carrying him landed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC.

He was also given the privilege of addressing a special Joint Session of the US Congress on Capitol Hill where he received standing ovation.

There was a state dinner in Ayub's honor hosted by President and Mrs. Kennedy at Mount Vernon, the historic residence of America's founding father and 2nd president Thomas Jefferson.

Later, he was hosted at a dinner by New York City mayor after he rode an open top car in a ticker-tape parade through the Big Apple with tens of thousands of New Yorkers lining the parade route and cheering him on.

Then President Ayub visited The Alamo in Texas where then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson hosted him for a Texas style barbecue. Ayub Khan addressed joint houses of Texas legislature.

On his way back, the then UN Secretary General Dag Dammarskjold of Sweden hosted a dinner in his honor before President Ayub returned to Pakistan.

The fact is Modi's reception pales in comparison with what the Pakistani leader was given during the Cold War.

Here's a video of President Ayub Khan's US visit:

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When Ayub Met JFK

Post-Cold War Shifting Alliances

China-Pakistan Strategic Relationship

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Salaam Chachha

thing is there are no permanent friends and permanent enemies in international politics only thiong permamnent are your interests and objectives and your economy , socio and irnfa and stratgick importence speculate/guide them either for good or bad

plus the fact Ayub Khan went to USA and got that Royal treatment in 1961 and had to write a book called "friends not Masters" and that was at hight of cold war but now its 2016

USA wanted Pakistani bases and its manpower to fight US war against USSR which it did and Pakistanies are still paying the price of it even after almost 55 years am i wrong

now why a person which was denied Visa to USA for 9 years is now adressing joint parliamentarry session of USA ?

1.American corporates want a loins share of indian consumer and defnce market

2.America wants to have stakes in Indian Ocean & arabian sea and bay of bengal which is not possible without indian consent

3.America is already rearming Vietnam which gave it a bloody nose in 1960s-70s and phillipines , taiwan , Japan , south korea , Indonasia and Malasia against Chinese hegemony and bullism in SCS so if you think its only india which is getting USA backing then your wrong

4.India already has 3rdf largest Army and 5th largest and strongest Navy and Air force and we are already buying latest war tech from Russia , France , Germany ,Israel and USA ever wonderred why when in 1971 USA sent its 7th fleet to bay of bengal "TO TEACH INDIA A LESSON"

so aallaa huzzor and very informest Sir @RiazHaq India or Its PM is getting this reception cause we have eartned it despite second citizen kind of treatment by both USA & West/Nato nations for over 50 years .... Got It

 

[Samrat420]

Trillion dollar question is - within 30 yrs of that "warm reception" Pak could engineer the collapse of the USSR- can India show such a feat vis-a-vis China?

Pakistan engineered the collapse of USSR..?? Hmmm... Never knew that. My bad. Perhaps you'll be kind enough to provide us with a few Russian sources which attest to your statement. Thanks in advance. I'll be waiting for the links.

 

[Windows 10]

It's all about strategic and economic interests, back in the fifties/sixties, they needed someone in the region to be their frontier post against communist USSR and Pakistan filled that role, now they need someone against China and India is ready to fill that role, regarding the obvious show-off welcome, it's just to make the sacrificial animal feel good.

It is how you play the game. China was also supported by the same United states against USSR. Has China played in hands of US just like Pakistan ? Answer is fat No. You were the playing the game which you were not capable of. Don't worry about us. We know how to play it.

 

[GURU DUTT]

My question is, did the Talibaan leaders, including the Haqqani's, ever receive a warm welcome in USA? Were they ever compared to the forefathers of the United States? Can the US Governments rap* their own compared forefathers for the interests of their country.....and perhaps their own interests as well? If the answer is 'Yes' to the questions above.....then India beware.

Salaam Saaeen Ji

thing is USA or for that matter any super power "uses" other nations and there leaders to get its own job done at that time in hight of cold war its primarry objective was to weaken and break USSR and it not just used Taliban leaders but also used Pakistani air bases and might of its army navy and airforce and secret service and even its educational institutions and socio political atmosphere which all changed dramatically after USA got what it wanted and your nation is still paying the price ... isnt it

now India is not Pakistan and USA is no fool to treat india or indians like it used and treated Pakistan and Pakistani nation as we very well know what USA wants and do anything only after evaluating all shiort and long term pros and cons and thats why Indian diplomancy has achieved what it did in last 10-15 years

so dont worry about us we know what USA says and does and what it wants but we only agree if it is in OUR long and short term cheers mate

 

[Rank]

Salaam Chachha

thing is there are no permanent friends and permanent enemies in international politics only thiong permamnent are your interests and objectives and your economy , socio and irnfa and stratgick importence speculate/guide them either for good or bad

plus the fact Ayub Khan went to USA and got that Royal treatment as USA wanted Pakistani bases and its manpower to fight US war against USSR which it did and Pakistanies are still paying the price of it even after almost 55 years am i wrong

now why a person which was denied Visa to USA for 9 years is now adressing joint parliamentarry session of USA ?

1.American corporates want a loins share of indian consumer and defnce market

2.America wants to have stakes in Indian Ocean & arabian sea and bay of bengal which is not possible without indian consent

3.America is already rearming Vietnam which gave it a bloody nose in 1960s-70s and phillipines , taiwan , Japan , south korea , Indonasia and Malasia against Chinese hegemony and bullism in SCS so if you think its only india which is getting USA backing then your wrong

4.India already has 3rdf largest Army and 5th largest and strongest Navy and Air force and we are already buying latest war tech from Russia , France , Germany ,Israel and USA ever wonderred why when in 1971 USA sent its 7th fleet to bay of bengal "TO TEACH INDIA A LESSON"

so aallaa huzzor and very informest Sir @RiazHaq India or Its PM is getting this reception cause we have eartned it despite second citizen kind of treatment by both USA & West/Nato nations for over 50 years .... Got It

so ghoom phir kar baat yehi agaye ... from 2 - 4 out of 5 points you mentioned above... US want to use India against China and you're ready for that

 

[fitpOsitive]

And then he write the book "Friends not Masters". American enmity is better than her friendship. Allah has finally paved the way for us to get out of this vicious circle.

 

[GURU DUTT]

so ghoom phir kar baat yehi agaye ... from 2 - 4 out of 5 points you mentioned above... US want to use India against China and you're ready for that

not really actually there is more to its USA also wants a major share in indian defnce and consumer market and indo -US relations are more based on economics that strategical or transactional realtions hope you get it Sir


USA cant use India like it did with pakistan cause indians bieng very shrewed and cunning already know what USA wants and USA knows that they cant take india for granted as

we are a 2.3 billion dollar economy

with 2nd laregst populatrion and 3rd largest army which is not in any way dependent in any way to so called "remitences for USA or US AID or Coilation Support fund"

hence we are more or less equal partners and we know how to use and we will use our privilages in best of our intersts with least ammount of "calculated risks"....

PS indian foreign office beleves in "hope for the best and prepair for the worst"..... Got IT

 

[Akhill]

Trillion dollar question is - within 30 yrs of that "warm reception" Pak could engineer the collapse of the USSR- can India show such a feat vis-a-vis China?

No.. India won't... China is not our enemy.. they are actually our big trade partners and lot of chinese companies are opening their manufacturing plants in India and building cities in AP... why would we want to harm htem ?

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

@vostok

@ptldM3

Is it true ?

@vostok answered the same question by me some time ago. USSR being a superpower could never be destroyed externally by conventional military action, rather it imploded because of its leaders

 

[weqi]

Salaam Saaeen Ji

thing is USA or for that matter any super power "uses" other nations and there leaders to get its own job done at that time in hight of cold war its primarry objective was to weaken and break USSR and it not just used Taliban leaders but also used Pakistani air bases and might of its army navy and airforce and secret service and even its educational institutions and socio political atmosphere which all changed dramatically after USA got what it wanted and your nation is still paying the price ... isnt it

now India is not Pakistan and USA is no fool to treat india or indians like it used and treated Pakistan and Pakistani nation as we very well know what USA wants and do anything only after evaluating all shiort and long term pros and cons and thats why Indian diplomancy has achieved what it did in last 10-15 years

so dont worry about us we know what USA says and does and what it wants but we only agree if it is in OUR long and short term cheers mate

Salaam Chachha

thing is there are no permanent friends and permanent enemies in international politics only thiong permamnent are your interests and objectives and your economy , socio and irnfa and stratgick importence speculate/guide them either for good or bad

plus the fact Ayub Khan went to USA and got that Royal treatment in 1961 and had to write a book called "friends not Masters" and that was at hight of cold war but now its 2016

USA wanted Pakistani bases and its manpower to fight US war against USSR which it did and Pakistanies are still paying the price of it even after almost 55 years am i wrong

now why a person which was denied Visa to USA for 9 years is now adressing joint parliamentarry session of USA ?

1.American corporates want a loins share of indian consumer and defnce market

2.America wants to have stakes in Indian Ocean & arabian sea and bay of bengal which is not possible without indian consent

3.America is already rearming Vietnam which gave it a bloody nose in 1960s-70s and phillipines , taiwan , Japan , south korea , Indonasia and Malasia against Chinese hegemony and bullism in SCS so if you think its only india which is getting USA backing then your wrong

4.India already has 3rdf largest Army and 5th largest and strongest Navy and Air force and we are already buying latest war tech from Russia , France , Germany ,Israel and USA ever wonderred why when in 1971 USA sent its 7th fleet to bay of bengal "TO TEACH INDIA A LESSON"

so aallaa huzzor and very informest Sir @RiazHaq India or Its PM is getting this reception cause we have eartned it despite second citizen kind of treatment by both USA & West/Nato nations for over 50 years .... Got It

start is very good denied visa.
expecting end very good

 

[Rank]

not really actually there is more to its USA also wants a major share in indian defnce and consumer market and indo -US relations are more based on economics that strategical or transactional realtions hope you get it Sir


USA cant use India like it did with pakistan cause indians bieng very shrewed and cunning already know what USA wants and USA knows that they cant take india for granted as

we are a 2.3 billion dollar economy

with 2nd laregst populatrion and 3rd largest army which is not in any way dependent in any way to so called "remitences for USA or US AID or Coilation Support fund"

hence we are more or less equal partners and we know how to use and we will use our privilages in best of our intersts with least ammount of "calculated risks"....

PS indian foreign office beleves in "hope for the best and prepair for the worst"..... Got IT

2nd largest population and 3rd largest military which is "Highly" dependent on foreign countries for their own security hardware. Buying weapons for USA and Russia and calling self not dependent ? amazing

Currently US is actually making happy India. Sooner you'll see when US pressurize India for what purpose they actually engaged India when India start resisting

 

[vostok]

@vostok

@ptldM3

Is it true ?

Of course! But not in this Universe.

 

[weqi]

No.. India won't... China is not our enemy.. they are actually our big trade partners and lot of chinese companies are opening their manufacturing plants in India and building cities in AP... why would we want to harm htem ?

of course china and us are not enemy lots of american corporate residing China . but Chinese economy is enemy for US and Euros for this Us is aligning every possible steps. chocking south china sea,chocking CPEC , chocking indian ocean , they had same with USSR in past .

 

[GURU DUTT]

2nd largest population and 3rd largest military which is "Highly" dependent on foreign countries for their own security hardware. Buying weapons for USA and Russia and calling self not dependent ? amazing

Currently US is actually making happy India. Sooner you'll see when US pressurize India for what purpose they actually engaged India when India start resisting

you are either trying to act oversmart or you are too naive

we were more foccussed on building owr economy , socio-educational and industrial infra than putting owr money and effort in weapons manufacture

we dint had a siege mentality nor we were too focussed on fighting or fighting for iether of the two superpowers either in cold war era or post cold war era we were "non alighned" hence those who had those tech were very cautous for sharing them with us and since we owrselfs were not in favour of War or weapons production we went for buying them isntead of trying to get them as war remmittence or coilation support

so as indian psyche in we preffer to make owrself more stronger from inside than to keep picking up fights where they are not needed

as for USA pressurising us well they were not able to pressurise when we were not food suffient and even send there 7th fleet do you really thing with all those expacts indians in USA & west and with such a huge economy and millitarry might they can pressurize us

well they can only pressurize those who are too weak to fend for them selfs and dependent on US aid & hand outs and dolls given to those in a transactional relationship
hope you GOT IT

 

[weqi]

And then he write the book "Friends not Masters". American enmity is better than her friendship. Allah has finally paved the way for us to get out of this vicious circle.

this will be the new lesson for indians they have never learned,