...so your logic is to co-operate with them and encourage more of that?
This "we were wrong, our policy makers are stupid" is a drama by US think tanks to insulate themselves from criticism by separating the think tanks from policy makers. What is the credibility of these think tanks if their own government don't listen to them? and our government is supposed to formulate our policy based on a foreign think tank lobby? Who funds these think tanks? they are official mouthpieces of the CIA, and claiming that "those other stupid people sitting in pentagon messed it, but I am clean, so buy my snake oil".
The US supported Pakistan in the past knowing very well that the Mujaheedin fallout will move to Kashmir, today they try to placate you by saying "ohh no no..we didn't anticipate that..we didn't mean it, we were naive back then, Pakistan fooled us, now we know how wrong we were to trust them..". It's all hogwash. The US deliberately allowed Pakistan to acquire nuclear weapons because they saw the rising power differential between India and Pakistan and they feared that if India does cold start, their pet dog will get killed. Today they tell you that China nuclear-armed Pakistan. Did the CIA not know that Pakistan was diverting their "war on terror" funds to build the nuke? they allowed it because it suited them. The biggest supporter of Pakistani economy and defense industry is the US.
This logic of co-operating with the US now is the same thing Indian National Congress gave in 1940's when they said "if we co-operate with Britain then they will see us as friends and give us our independence". "If we co-operate with UN then they will give us Kashmir"..and later, "if we co-operate with China then we will get the UNSC seat" and now.."if we co-operate with US then our Afghan policy will be taken care of". We expect others to take care of our interest, and somehow pretend to be surprised when that doesn't happen. US and Indian interests don't align, they want to stem the rise of Asia. They want to hit Iran, while India wants Iranian oil. They want to hit Russia, while Russia is the biggest defense supplier of India. They want to give foreign aid to Pakistan while they are our biggest enemy. And we are supposed to take policy diktats from them?
These are not your friends. Pakistan was created as a buffer by the West to stop India from expanding its influence into Central Asia. Read between the lines, she's not encouraging you to eliminate terrorists, she's indirectly telling you to LIMIT your anti-Pakistan activities to sub-conventional level so that we don't do anything beyond eliminating terrorists (indirectly threatening us not to use conventional options like cold start). This goodwill is the same way Indians cryptically say "aagli baar aoge toh khaana jarur khake jaana", meaning "aaj daawat nahi milegi". Ask her on Twitter if she supports a free Baluchistan. If not, there's no need to take sermons from her. India has the Northern Alliance with Iran and Russia, we don't need a foreign power from another hemisphere to tell us how to shape our backyard policy, especially after they themselves created the mess. They aren't part of the solution. They are the problem. Having a think tank allows them to speak with a forked tongue. This witch says something else and Pentagon does something else. Which version do you believe? If the Pentagon isn't on the same page as her then she should go back and convince them before expecting us to take them seriously.
