Nothing is free in this world especially Trump's sudden love for Imran
We live in a world where all relations are symbiotic except for that of your mother's. We will receive love & respect till we give love & respect in all other relations in our lives. Looking at it from a macroscopic perspective when it comes to national strategic interests, Pakistan has had a passive aggressive response from US all these years. One of the biggest reasons for this is the strong Israeli lobby in Washington DC that has always considered Pakistan a threat. Since the Clintons in the White house, Indian lobbies became vicious too with an anti-Pakistani agenda. We have letters from US Congressmen supporting insurgencies in Balochistan to amputate it. We have strong foot prints of USA on the recent PTM insurgency aiming to annex KPK to Afghanistan. FATF's anti-Pakistan lobbying was led by USA. Greater Israeli Yinon Plan & Akhand Bharat Hindutiva Plans are not myths anymore. They exist. Pakistan just got attacked by US-incited Modi in February. Trump has previously used extremely harsh language for Pakistan. So, what happened that caused this sudden change in Trump's attitude?
Afghan Talibans happened! and Iran happened!
Iran is accelerating its nuclear program after Trump revoked the nuclear peace treaty. According to Iranian scientists, it will take them a few hours to make a nuclear bomb. This is a big deal for Trump. The Republicans are known for their paranoia against Iran due to heavy influence of Israeli lobbies. Trump is no different. If anything, he is even more vicious than the previous leaders. He has a goal to gift USA an Iranian conquest before next year's election. He has already found a strong ally Boris in his aim. But, he knows that without Pakistan's co-operation this gift will not be possible. Another reason why Pakistan is his favourite nowadays is because he wants US forces to exit Afghanistan. Reason is manyfold. 1) It will help Trump save 6 trillion dollars & funnel that money into the Iranian invasion 2) It will help Trump direct his soldiers to Iran 3) It will de-energize the Afghan Talibans against USA as proposed in the current peace treaties.
USA considers Pakistan as a means to achieve all of the above. The only problem is that Pakistan does not want war with Iran. So, what does USA do? Create a drift between the two nations by having India lure Iran into making the Chahbahar port. Use Saudi influence in Pakistan to develop paranoia against Iran. Even have the Israeli soldier blame Iran as being involved in the attack on Pakistan when Pakistan downed his plane during the recent combat battle in February. There has been an organized & systematic campaign to create a paranoia against Iran in Pakistan. This strategy is not new.
During the Afghan War against terrorism, USA used the same strategy mimicking its war as Pakistan's war by creating a perceived threat for Pakistan from Afghanistan. To date, this threat exists as more & more terrorist attacks in Pakistan find their source in Kabul. So, Kalbushan Jhadav gets caught close to Iran. Strategy is to make the US-Iran war as Pakistan's own war so as to engage its army's excellence for US during this invasion. Trump has already asked to renew military alliance with Pakistan. Next would be intel & then military bases & eventually 100% co-operation against Iran.
The trap Pakistan is in right now due to heavy loans from Saudia may force it to lean it towards fulfilling this alliance to its maximum potential. This, however, could turn out to be another disaster for Pakistan as it could breed another shia-sunni divide in Pakistan & could make its western border with Iran also as unsafe as its border with Afghanistan has been. Iran has been our ally & strategic partner. Allowing US to abuse this relation to make Dick Cheney & Trump happy will destroy regional peace.
We have to consider that it is not just Iran here we are talking about. It is Russia as well with whom we just resumed our strategic relations. China heavily invested into Balochistan as CPEC will also move back once its investment is found to be compromised due to destabilisation from Iran's war spilling into Balochistan.
It is imperative for Pakistan to consider that it must not repeat mistakes of the past. We love Saudia & Iran. If we cannot make them friends we must not be fuels in their wars either. Similarly, it is about time Pakistan said no to any country not just USA that it will not fight anyone's war. This means we will not fight China's war against USA & USA's war against Iran & Russia 's war against USA & USA's war against China/Russia. Period. No ifs & buts about it.
Our maximum diplomatic efforts must be to bring a mediation between USA & Iran & try to end the trade wars between USA & China & to create a fraternal bond between Iran & Saudia.
This is how we can single-handedly make this world a safer place diverting all impending nuclear wars playing a leadership role in global peace-making process.
-Dr FAB, MD
Dr Fariya Bukhari, MD aka Dr FAB is a writer/poet/activist/politician/physician/scientist/
philanthropist/producer/
journalist/defence analyst & a strategist. She is interested in politics, peace, innovation and global justice. She is working for education, liberation & empowerment of the
under-privileged. She is also involved in politics trying to bring a palpable change at Pakistan's political level that ensures protection of masses against human rights violations, injustice, corruption & terrorism. She is a practising physician. She is the Chairperson of
Pak Islam Positive League, a political party of Pakistan. www.pakislamparty.org