Defence and security experts have forewarned the civilian and military leadership of Pakistan that the US might opt for air strikes in North Waziristan. However, they believe that the US would not take out a ground offensive inside Pakistan.
Commenting on Pak-US relations in the backdrop of mounting US pressure on Pakistani government and allegations against the Pakistan Army, former ISI Chief, Lt. General (r) Javed Ashraf Qazi said Pak-US tension was a serious issue for Pakistan. He said the US had mounted a baseless campaign against Pakistan, which was not without ulterior motives.
He said, “Pakistan has to see whether the US wants to isolate it on the diplomatic front, capture its nukes, is preparing ground to impose economic sanctions against it, table an anti-Pakistan resolution in the UN or wants to launch a military action against it,” he said. Qazi said Pakistan must view itself as vulnerability and prepare a concrete strategy to bear a US onslaught.
Asked how significant the two corps commanders meetings held last month were, Qazi said the forum discussed the situation and discussed a military field strategy to counter any US offensive. He warned the US might opt for air strikes in North Waziristan and take out selective helicopter operations inside Pakistani territory.
However, he said the US will not dare a ground offence inside Pakistan. However, he said blocking NATO supplies would be an extreme step, which should be chosen if UN sanctions were imposed against it. Prominent security analyst Dr. Hassan Askari Rizvi said if the US continues its public denunciation, it will irreparably damage Pak-US relations and undermine US efforts to control terrorism in the region.
He said the two corps commander meetings this month suggested military officials were weary of the direct and blunt US campaign. He said the US might use their military might in North Waziristan and the corps commanders wanted to discuss the options available to Pakistan in such a situation. He said the US had two options but neither would ensure US success in the region.
However, he said, exercising these options will destroy Pak-US relations in all fields. He said a US attack on Pakistan will strengthen religious hardliners. On the question of blocking NATO supplies, Rizvi said Pakistan could opt for the strategy if the US decided to use military power inside Pakistan. Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the political and military leadership should evolve a joint strategy to face mounting US pressure on Pakistan.
“We should give message to the US in one voice that we are united. Mixed signals in this regard could cause losses to the country,” he added. Former ISI director general Lt General (r) Hameed Gul said US generals were not admitting defeat in Afghanistan and wished to make Pakistan scapegoat in Afghanistan war instead. He said the US had failed in Afghanistan and even Kabul was not under its control. He said the Haqqani network had moved inside Afghanistan and Pakistan had nothing to do with them.
He said President Obama had asked the US military to make significant progress by October and, having failed to do so, the US military had opted to criticise Pakistan for its own failures. He said that US administration was divided on the issue with the camp comprising India, Israel and Pentagon on one side and the White House on the other.
He said if Pakistan decided to cut the NATO supply line, the US would be left nowhere. He said the civilian and military leadership must unite. Security analyst Talat Masood said exchange of rhetoric between Pakistan and the US could produce a collision. He said Pakistan could pressure Haqqani militants to leave Pakistan to avert a US confrontation. He said it would be best both Pakistan and the US step back to avoid things getting worse.
paki's are brave people, they fight US force to the last moment.
But they will not lift a hand to stop the terrorists operating from their own country ? You see the problem the rest of the world have with that ?
Pakistan's duplicity is the most obvious sign of their cowardice. You have encouraged your terror proxies to use burqas and turbans to plot your terror. Your terrorist Taliban alllies have not forgotten your betrayal 10 years ago wben Pakistan abondoned them for dollars. They will turn their guns on Pakistan once America leaves the region. The american diplomat who commented during the cold war that Pakistanis would even sell their mother for money defined the whole nation of a pakistan
If US attacks North Waziristan by air or land the people of Pakistan should lay a siege of all the US consulates and Islamabad Embassy till such time they apologize, pay the compensation and leave this country. Now it is proved without doubt Americans will never be a genuine friends of Pakistan, what they want is a master slave relationship with us with a carrot and stick policy.
Typical Muslim, first they do is attack the embassies. Probably because that is the only battle they can win.
Dear Andy fr dc,
u just wait for the day when US will launch strikes on paksitan and then u will see for the first time in history …taliban will make ur 140,000 soldiers as prisoners of War.I dont agree with Syed nayyar uddin' s view of taking Embassy official as hostage, that is not required and no pakistani will agree with it.However, considering the geographical situation , pak millitary will leave the Mighty US with a bloddy nose , broken limbs and broken jaw. @Andy go and read the history of Afgahnistan and Pakistan on internet before giving stupid comments.
with regards,
Abid
Are any of the above going to the frontline?
Why? Werent the drone strikes air strikes? Whats to “warn” about?
@ Sam
Yes, only cowards know other cowards, it needs one to know one!
This says a lot about Indians like you. Indians have perfected the art of 'running with their tails between their legs' in 1948 from Pakistani Kashmir, in 1962 against China, in 1965 from Lahore, in 1999 from Kargil…
BTW congrats on being the new poodle of US
It is all useless until WE eliminate the Mir Jafers & Mir Saadiqs among us.
The future seems to be that India Israel United snakes of America together with their evil centre UK and characterless and materialist Euro-peans are going to face
Russia China Pakistan Afganistan Turkey Iran and their supporters in a Decicive Battle field. Arabs will join the Muslim Alliance but before that they will humiliate and disgrace themselves by Americans and Israelis and Immoral Euro-peans for their fear material benefits and for taking revenge against opposite tribes in which they are once again divided into and Pro western gangsters are getting benefit from their hate and jealousy for each other.
stupid pakistani dumbass smack talking bitches!
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