January 1, 2018: Trump decides to work some diplomatic magic. In what will no doubt be the first of countless rage-tweets this year he lambasts Pakistan.
The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more
than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us
nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe
haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!
Pakistan may be a lousy U.S. ally; but Pakistan is a U.S. ally. U.S. and NATO supplies and troops needed in Afghanistan pass through ports and travel vital road links across Pakistan. The president and many of his loyal fans tend to be weak when it comes to geography. So, he/they may not realize there is no direct route into Afghanistan except across Iran or Pakistan or from far to the north. Sometimes the Pakistani military takes on the Taliban which helps quite a bit.
Sometimes the Pakistani military doesn’t.
Pakistan is the only Muslim nation that has nuclear weapons. We want to keep the Pakistanis on our side.
Simplistic tweets don’t help.
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Afghanistan, center, is landlocked. |
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