Pakistan remains a critical partner in the US South Asia strategy, Said Pentagon
The statement of the Pentagon came in the support of Pakistan when the heads of the State, Pakistan and US– Imran
Khan and Donald Trump – get into a Twitter fight. It started on Monday when Trump’s outburst on Twitter and said Pakistan did not do a damn thing to help the US in Afghanistan war.
“We paid Pakistan Billions of Dollars & they never told us he (Osama Bin Laden) was living there.” Said Trump
Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did. I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center. President Clinton famously missed his shot. We paid Pakistan Billions of Dollars & they never told us he was living there. Fools!..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018
….We no longer pay Pakistan the $Billions because they would take our money and do nothing for us, Bin Laden being a prime example, Afghanistan being another. They were just one of many countries that take from the United States without giving anything in return. That’s ENDING!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018
In the response, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, with a series of tweets mentioned the number of sacrifices and contribution of Pakistan for the US.
Instead of making Pakistan a scapegoat for their failures, the US should do a serious assessment of why, despite 140000 NATO troops plus 250,000 Afghan troops & reportedly $1 trillion spent on war in Afghanistan, the Taliban today are stronger than before.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
“No Pakistani was involved in 9/11 but Pak decided to participate in US War on Terror.” Said Imran Khan in a Tweet.
Record needs to be put straight on Mr Trump's tirade against Pakistan: 1. No Pakistani was involved in 9/11 but Pak decided to participate in US War on Terror. 2. Pakistan suffered 75,000 casualties in this war & over $123 bn was lost to economy. US "aid" was a miniscule $20 bn.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
“Pak continues to provide free lines of ground & air communications (GLOCs/ALOCs). Can Mr Trump name another ally that gave such sacrifices?” Khan further added.
3. Our tribal areas were devastated & millions of ppl uprooted from their homes. The war drastically impacted lives of ordinary Pakistanis. 4. Pak continues to provide free lines of ground & air communications(GLOCs/ALOCs).Can Mr Trump name another ally that gave such sacrifices?
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
Pentagon Statement
While in the series of harsh exchanges of words between the heads of the state, Pentagon intervene in the support of Pakistan and credited its contribution in the US’s war against terrorism.
According to the report of NDTV, Col. l Rob Manning, the Defense Press Operations Director, in an off-camera conference, termed Pakistan as a critical partner to America’s South Asia strategy.
“The US and Pakistan have a strong mutual interest in the region. As you know, they are critical (and) vital to the South Asia strategy and including the facilitation of a peace process that would lead to a stable and peaceful Afghanistan,” Said Col Rob Manning.
“They remain a critical partner in our South Asia strategy and there’s been no change to our military-to-military relationship with Pakistan,” Manning said in the response of a question regarding Trump’s tweets about Pakistan being useless for the US.
“I do not have any announcement on any change to the military to the military relationship we have with Pakistan,” Manning said when asked about Pentagon’s different opinion than Donald Trump’s view on Pakistan.
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