The U.S. however, it seems is either oblivious to this developing situation or have too much faith in their allies, India and Iran to take care of the Afghan-Pakistan woes. Especially India, whom General Leon Panetta referred to as the “lynchpin” in the U.S.’s new Defense Strategy, which under diplomatic norms simply mean that they consider their partnership to extend beyond the region and to safeguard each other’s “global interests”. The U.S. has done billions of dollars investment on at least seven military bases in Afghanistan. Whom they consider leaving it to, after their withdrawal from Afghanistan, is quite obvious from General Panetta’s statement but it is highly preposterous to think that Pakistan will rest and accept India’s strategic and military involvement in Afghanistan. On the other hand, India has not only made huge investments but is also hiring trained mercenaries and deploying them in Afghanistan, which clearly shows their hegemonic designs in the region. They are pushing the whole region towards instability and war. If the U.S. has learned anything at all from Iraq, they will not commit the same mistakes in Afghanistan. They must ponder over the wisdom of getting out of a “bad war” leaving the state of affairs as they presently are in the country. In particular, the idea of getting two nuclear capable countries in an awkward situation may not bode well for the region and which may lead to a series of proxy-wars. Therefore, the Think-Tanks of the civilized world and in particular the U.S. must sit together and decide a course of action and work out a power formula for Afghanistan, which is acceptable to all.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:10:40 +0000
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