NOW That We’ve Taught The Americans A Lesson And They Know We Mean Business, A Question: What Next? -- Cyril Almeida, DAWNOur security mavens think they know the answer: to engineer a face-saving exit from Afghanistan the US needs Pakistan, and while the US is still loath to accept that reality, domestic political and fiscal imperatives in the US will force that realisation sooner than later.
It’s like Tom Cruise in that silly movie Knight and Day using hand gestures to explain to a blonde Cameron Diaz her chances of survival. With us, the chances of a face-saving exit from Afghanistan for the US are shoulder-high; without us, they are knee-high.
The Pakistani security apparatus’s calculation could well be right. But it could also be wrong. The US isn’t exactly known for doing what others think it will do or want it to do.
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My Comment: What is my take .... in the past I always rolled my eyes on the anti-western bias in Pakistan, their hateful education system that always promoted antisemitism and Christian intolerance, and a political class that made it their favorite sport to criticize anything and everything about the West. But what has changed dramatically .... and which the Pakistanis are truly blind to it's impact .... was the finding of Osama Bin Laden living in comfort in a Pakistani military/garrison town. There is no satisfaction explanation for such, and until Pakistan properly explains this .... lack of trust and suspicion will always dodge Pakistan in their relations with the West and with their neighbors.
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