CNN: Pakistan holds emergency meeting after Trump's tweet
Pakistan's government held an emergency security meeting on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of "lies and deceit" in a New Year's Day tweet.
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired the National Security Council meeting, attended by the country's Foreign, Interior and Defense Ministers, along with chiefs of staff of the army, navy and air force.
Meanwhile, around 200 members of the Difa-e-Pakistan Council, a coalition of Islamist parties, demonstrated Tuesday against the US President in Karachi, holding "Dump Trump" placards and burning the American flag.
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Update: US ambassador summoned to explain Trump’s Pakistan tweet (The Hill)
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WNU Editor: The Pakistanis should focus on their own problems and not on what President Trump is tweeting .... Pakistan has a lot more to worry about in 2018 than just Trump’s angry tweets (Quartz).
They don't really seem to know how to play it cool, do they? That will only embolster Trump's ego. ..2018 will be epic
ReplyDeleteIs this really such a wise idea to publically criticize the Pakistanis in this manner? Don't we depend upon them to keep open the supply forces for our personnel in Afghanistan? If we wised to remove our forces from Afghanistan wouldn't we need their cooperation to do so successfully and as efficiently as possible? While I could be mistaken, it certainly seems the answer to these questions is a resounding yes.
ReplyDeleteWhile it does seem clear that Pakistan has been duplicitous towards us and the continued is inadvisable even if we could afford it which we cannot, it seems a better approach would to quietly remove our personnel from Afghanistan and quietly discontinue the aid. Preferable this would mean getting our personnel out of Afghanistan before the aid is completely cut off as the Pakistanis could make trouble for us as we redeploy our personnel.
It seems this approach taken by DJT could lead to the Pakistanis deciding to shut off the supply routes used to supply our personnel in Afghanistan as well as an exit route allowing us to redeploy our personnel effectively trapping them in Afghanistan and essentially leaving them like sitting ducks to be picked off by the enemy. As stated, maybe I am wrong here and I sincerely hope so.
The problem with the approach used by DJT is as a dealmaker he has always been in the stronger position all of his life. Now he is not. He is dealing with adversaries who have a much stronger position than he or the United States does. It is possible to be successful in this environment but I do think he and his team are going to need to adjust their thinking.