The US the other day reached a deal to sell $3.48b worth of missiles and related technology to the UAE, a close Middle East ally, as part of a massive build-up of defence technology among friendly Middle East nations near Iran. Pentagon spokesman George Little announced the Christmas Day sale and noted that the US and UAE had a strong defence relationship and were both interested in “a secure and stable” Persian Gulf region.
Fair enough, but my question is what does UAE stand for? The country got Shamsi base from Pakistan and handed it over to the US without consulting Pakistan. There are reports that the same is getting on lease thousands of acres of land for securing food supplies from Balochistan in future. Qatar has opened offices for the Taliban and in future the Americans would not bother to approach Kandhar. UAE has great influence in Pakistan and it is using the same against Pakistan, which is strange. The UAE has no capacity to fight against an enemy but it is getting the weapons of such a scale. Why play a role of a haven state for a war against Iran or Pakistan or Afghanistan?
HAMZA ALI
Muzaffarabad
