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> The US should stop the idiotic believe that Pakistan is an ally. Do they actually believe it, or do they just pay lip service to that idea for realpolitik re
by catalogia 6y ago
> The US should stop the idiotic believe that Pakistan is an ally.
Do they actually believe it, or do they just pay lip service to that idea for realpolitik reasons? The US has repeatedly accused China of assisting Pakistan with their nuclear weapons program. It's hard for any of us to say what the truth is in that matter, but either way I don't think the potential relationship between Pakistan and China has been ignored.
- nickik 6y agoI don't know about the nuclear weapons program. But I defiantly believe they are a bad ally. I don't know what exactly they have done to get such a high status as an ally in the US. I think it never made sense really and the US has not benefit from the alliance. I know some of the history of how it came about but even if you read those, the strategic calculus behind it was flawed.
- vkou 6y ago> But I defiantly believe they are a bad ally. I don't know what exactly they have done to get such a high status as an ally in the US. They opposed India, which was opposed by China, and the US spent the post-Vietnam period cozying up to China, because it opposed the USSR. So, to answer your question, they haven't done anything other than be the enemy of an enemy of an enemy of an enemy.
- nickik 6y agoYes and they would have done so in any situation anyway. I not saying absolutely no support or cooperation with Pakistan on anything ever. But the level of ally the became made no sense.
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