How can Pakistan PLAY IT's CARDS CORRECTLY & Increase Leverage WHEN Israel/USA strikes Iran?

[Cash GK]

It is not Pakistan's responsibility to take care of states who have made huge geo-political blunders, if Iran and the US goes to war I say completely closed off the borders and let them sort out the mistakes they made for themselves, we should not allow ourselves to suffer because of the mistakes made by others like we did with the Afghan refugees, the economical hit will be insurmountable, do not join the war against Iran but don't support it either, Pakistan first.

It is pakistan's responsibility to do everything possible which can avoid uncernity and future mess in your country. If a fight is going on in neighbor can you sleep peacefully?. You will be sandwich and your enemies will Slaughter you.. We were cheering when attack happend on iraq. We though this is end then we saw Afghanistan we though this is end then we saw Libya tgen we saw syria tgen we saw yaman .. now you want iran... then your number is next..So you have to stand behind iran for the safety of your people..

 

[pakpride00090]

The killing of general solemani and subsequent Iranian response showed america that it has vulnerability. Additionally, Israel will not be safe from strikes.
There won't be strikes on Iran.

Pakistan has defeated the Soviets and ensured NATO defeat in Afghanistan. They have mastered the art of slow death.

You are drawing wrong conclusions..

America haven't even brought 10% of their firepower against Iran. Mistaking and under-estimating your enemy will be a fatal mistake. Attacks by Iran can cause some casualties but not significant enough... If America put its entire military on Iran , you can say bye bye to Iran.

As long as a state doesn't have nuclear weapons that have demonstrable capability to reach enemy's homeland then you are practically at your enemies' mercy. Iran is still existing because America haven't decided to attack it , yet .......

And that Afghanistan example is irrelevant as well .. Soviet lost because of a combined US/KSA/Pak operations .... American Aid in the form of money and weapons proved to be invaluable.

very valid point.
for Americans and their Middle eastern Allies. Pakistan is an inconvenience and a hurdle. The Indian feeling towards Pakistan and American/ Israel and GCC warmth towards India only makes our position bad even without bringing our Chinese relationship into the mix.

If you can figure this out then I am sure leaders in military must also know this ...

The only important thing over here is to consider the fact that nature always favors the strongest... If Pakistanis , despite knowing the threat didn't properly prepare for it then they are only themselves to blame... Nature is very unforgiving...

 

[RealNapster]

-If and WHEN Israel/USA strikes Iran, How can Pakistan contain negative impacts, increase leverage and PLAY its CARDS Correctly

It's impossible for Pakistan to stay away from any such future conflict due to our idiot Pakistanis who have more love for KSA and IRAN than Pakistan. They will go to Iran in thousands and will fight the US/Israel hence dragging us in the mud with Iran.

That's what will happen.

 

[Vapnope]

Any such direct war between US and Iran will be disastrous for Pakistan and for the region to great extent.
So far Iran has taken the war (Proxy war) outside the geographical boundaries of Iran to ensure no direct war happens inside Iran. America and her allies only target Iranian proxies outside the Iran in Iraq & Syria.

US doesn't need Pakistan's bases to target Iranian targets inside Iran keeping in view the presence and wide military infra in Afghanistan however will push Pakistan to secure the Pak-Iran border for any infiltration which to be fair will not be possible.

Any military expedition by US will not sit well with China and Russia as well, because China is opening up to Tehran with Military assistance.

 

[RealNapster]

7) When we needed foreign exchange in 2018, it was GCC countries who loaned us money, not Iran. Most of our $24 billion foreign exchange remittances come from GCC countries , not Iran. So why support Iran against GCC block

It's not about supporting Iran, we need to do everything in our power to prevent another 910 km border line from getting hot and breeding place for terrorists and foreign agencies. Basically we are good if we prevent any such war. If the war broke out, we will be in really bad situation having Iran, India and Afghanistan border hot. A country with such a situation can not remain peacefull. Even Afghanistan have more peaceful border than ours.

 

[fitpOsitive]

-If and WHEN Israel/USA strikes Iran, How can Pakistan contain negative impacts, increase leverage and PLAY its CARDS Correctly?
- Please do not get emotional and think how to forward Country's Interest (Rational Decision Making) !

Pakistan may have to deal with the following:

-Refugees
-Another Crumbling angry state on west
-Strict enforcement of UN resolution
-Border Management
-Relations with GCC/Permanent Five/Europeans
-Sistan/Balochistan Separatist situation and Our Balochistan
-Internal Elements in Pakistan Favoring Iran

Iran will never get struck. Iran is the catalyst of many things, which are not yet achieved.
Here ends your while proposal.

 

[TNT]

First of all, you all should know the US does not want to attack iran. Iran is their balancer in the ME region. Iran is what balances the sunni power all over the world and specially in ME. Without iran, sunnis will be more powerful and their attention would shift towards Israel.
Now even though highly unlikely, if iran is attacked, Pakistan should stay neutral. Pakistan is already fencing the border and should further fortify it in order to keep terrorists and militants away. Pakistan should not allow its land to be used for a direct attack against iran but should also not side with iran. We should stand with our arab brothers morally. At most Pakistan should make a small area near border for refugees and strictly monitor it and make sure they do not get into the country like afghan refugees did.

 

[Trango Towers]

You are drawing wrong conclusions..

America haven't even brought 10% of their firepower against Iran. Mistaking and under-estimating your enemy will be a fatal mistake. Attacks by Iran can cause some casualties but not significant enough... If America put its entire military on Iran , you can say bye bye to Iran.

As long as a state doesn't have nuclear weapons that have demonstrable capability to reach enemy's homeland then you are practically at your enemies' mercy. Iran is still existing because America haven't decided to attack it , yet .......

And that Afghanistan example is irrelevant as well .. Soviet lost because of a combined US/KSA/Pak operations .... American Aid in the form of money and weapons proved to be invaluable.


If you can figure this out then I am sure leaders in military must also know this ...

The only important thing over here is to consider the fact that nature always favors the strongest... If Pakistanis , despite knowing the threat didn't properly prepare for it then they are only themselves to blame... Nature is very unforgiving...

History is full of battles where the weak were given no chance and they triumphed. Yes American can unleash military hell on Iran however wars are not won just because of military might. Korea Vietnam Iraq Afghanistan are recent examples of where American wars have been complete failures.
War should be avoided at all cost. But a bully will have to be confronted sooner or later