According to officials, Pakistan’s military leadership comes under unprecedented pressure from within its ranks to reduce ties with the United States. AFP PHOTO/HO/ISPRPakistan-U.S. Security Relationship At Lowest Point Since 2001, Officials Say -- Washington Post
The security relationship between the United States and Pakistan has sunk to its lowest level since the two countries agreed to cooperate after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, endangering counterterrorism programs that depend on the partnership, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.
Both sides say further deterioration is likely as Pakistan’s military leadership comes under unprecedented pressure from within its ranks to reduce ties with the United States. The army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, was jeered last month by fellow officers who demanded in a town-hall-style meeting that he explain why Pakistan supports U.S. policy.
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My Comment: I have been thinking about this news report since yesterday .... and the more that I think about it .... the more my anger grows at the leadership that exists in Pakistan. The Pakistanis should be more concerned about the proliferation (and protection) of Islamic extremist groups in their country, than the fact that the U.S. went into their country to wipe out the head of Al Qaeda. But the fact that they are not concerned about these groups .... with no one in a leadership position willing to point out how dangerous these groups .... will eventually result with Pakistan becoming a pariah state in the international community who are already fed-up with these terrorist groups and countries (like Pakistan) who provide safe sanctuaries for them.
As for U.S. - Pakistani relations .... the US is not a threat to Pakistan unless Pakistan makes them one .... which unfortunately is what Pakistan is now in a rush to do.
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Unfortunately there is a long historical record of Pakistan supporting terrorist, liberation or other militant groups across the globe either on their own or at the behest of a neighbor.
There essentially is a civil war within Pakistan. The extremist groups that were once used as an agent of Pakistani foreign policy are now being used as willing domestic assets, whether it's because members of the Pakistani military are doing a "tiger by the tail" act or that military has been infiltrated by (or gained) extremist sympathizers.
Given that some Pakistani Islamist groups have been around for over half a century, I'm inclined to think it's the latter.
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