Editor,
What seemed to have been a walk in the park for Asif Munir the so-called Field Marshal General by advocating a Nobel Peace Prize for the US President Donald Trump now this entire proposal and diplomatic maneuver has backfired right on its face. With some media sources having stated to point fingers at Pakistan for allowing the US to target a senior military General of the Iranian forces shows the duplicity and hypocrisy of the Pakistani establishment playing on both sides of the game. This diplomatic meeting between the US and Pakistan shows how the Americans continue to use Pakistan as a rentier state to further their interests while sidelining the civilian authority.
Days before striking Iran it was an irony of the US President to have disagreed with his national intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on Iran move to weaponise its uranium stockpile just goes to show the deep disagreement and rifts within the current US administration when it comes to addressing security issues in the Middle East, there is a fear that just as George W. Bush failed to provide evidence of WMDs in Iraq the same feelings seems to have surrounded the current volatile situation in the Gulf region. Hope peace comes back unless destiny has its own definition in the complex world of geo-politics.
Dominic Stadlin Wankhar
Via e-mail
