Thank you for your post - I would ask if you know where Bahrain is and whether you are aware of which fleet is head quartered there, Are also aware of the GCC's role in conjunction with US/NATO in Syria??
Human rights and political rights in Syria good - Jihad in Syria good -- Human rights and political rights in Bahrain and and other Wahabi tyrannies, bad?? Jihad in Afghanistan, bad?? - you bet
I am well aware of the US presence in this region. And 5th fleet is in Bahrain!
IMO, Syria and Libya are different cases. So called oppressive dictators ruling over the countries, a hype created, people mobilized and voila, you have a mess there. But Pakistan is different. We are not giving out a strong face to the US or the world community with our foreign policies (like Iran), nor are we really threatening anybody, and we have a so called democratic system in place for the time being. So not alot in common between us and Libya/Syria.
Indian armed forces continue to develop capabilities, not once used against Pakistan, whereas threats both verbal, physical continue to emanate from the "Coalition" --- Salalah, Abbottabad -- fact of the matter is that to many Pakistanis, a servile attitude is something that they cannot imagine ever getting rid of, that's why they are unable to acknowledge the threat right before them and instead focus on distant make believe threats of Indian this and that.
Not once used but developed with Pakistan in mind.
Those threats will remain threats for sometime to come, and won't escalate to a situation where a mass mobilization takes place, and a standoff occurs. The US is always on the mind of the military forces in Pakistan, and there is always a thought in the back of their minds, but the imminent threat is India for the next 5 years. India want to move on to bigger things and try to project it's power on a bigger world scale, but we are still it's neighbors with a bitter history, and neither they, nor we can afford to let each other off the hook and be looking onto other things. India in spite of it's ambitions on the global scale, keeps us in mind, and we need to keep them in mind, along with US ofcourse.
I am agreeing with you on the part that US is not our biggest ally and will be a major opposing force for us in the near future, but it won't escalate the situation to such an extent that we have to change our focus from India to US. Both will be kept in mind, and India will be on top priority.
Anyways, let's think of this scenario that we indeed will be at loggerheads with the US in say 3-4 years, what do you suggest we do with the navy?
