Wrong choice of an ally

Not without reason, US-led war against Talibans (or terrorism) has gone astray and continues to baffle the best of their civil and military minds. What actually continues to upset their plans has been the wrong choice of Pakistan as a close ally in this war.US was obviously driven to make this flawed choice since Pakistan controlled almost all the routes to the theater of war ,has a bulk of population that speaks the same language (Pushto) and has cradled in the same culture. Additionally they were well acquitted with the topography of areas inhabited by Talibans and thus well versed in their traditional art of warfare.

But these very things proved to be the undoing of their plans as Pakistan had a basic conflict of interest in this episode .Pakistan had infact promoted the Taliban ideology and supported their existence so that they could enable a sizable irregular army of hardcore fundamentalists in the event of war with India. Afghanistan under Taliban regime could also provide Pakistan a ‘strategic depth’ in a similar situation. Talibans were also being used for launching terrorist activities. These drawbacks were very much in the knowledge of US. But they ignored this in a misplaced belief that Pakistan could be lured to act with them by providing financial assistance and military aid.

Now having virtually run out of time and failed to achieve its objectives, US slides as a global power.

Pakistan is given to a number of strange peculiarities. Its ethnic fault lines specifically deny this country the traits of nationhood. Resultantly Bangladesh violently broke away from the country rubbishing the thesis of religion as the sole criteria of nationhood. But the lessons of history have still not been learnt. Pushtuns and Balochs, not properly assimilated in the nationhood and denied due participation, are wreaking terrorism in this country. They refuse to accept the role of irregular gunrunners living in poverty and deprivation. .While the country faces disintegration; its army and ISI are engaged in launching terrorism in India with or without the knowledge of civilian administration. Not only that, during the recent meet of Foreign ministers of India and Pakistan , Qureshi adopted vain postures showing lack of commitment to the peace talks. Leaders of Pakistan do not refer to the internal strength of their country if any, for reason known to themselves but mostly refer to their country as a ‘hub of world power’ thereby trying to allure other countries for adventurism in the area that should be home to peace for progress and prosperity.