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| Larrry Sellin: China and Pakistan Unveil Their Plan For Afghanistan |
| 2018-12-11 |
| [Daily Caller] The China Daily, a Chinese government media outlet, published an article, "Pakistan key to Afghan peace process," by an author from Pakistan, an ally of China, which not only drips with irony but unabashedly explains the Chinese-Pakistani plan for the future of Afghanistan. It originates from the "non-governmental" Beijing think tank, the Center for China and Globalization, founded and run by former high officials of the Chinese government, one of which was chief negotiator for China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. The article begins by blaming the United States for waging "an unnecessary and avoidable war" for 17 years, despite the fact that it was actually Pakistan who provided safe haven and supported a Taliban proxy army that "caused the deaths of countless innocent people." Contrary to the author’s contention, it was not the War in Afghanistan that "has endangered and destabilized the whole region" but Pakistan’s domestic policy of promoting Islamic extremism to subdue ethnic self-determination and its use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy that led to and nurtured that war. The author then conveniently identifies the countries collaborating with Pakistan to hasten a U.S. exit from South Asia; China, Russia, Iran and Turkey. U.S. withdrawal is necessary for "the true potential of the Belt and Road Initiative, especially China-Pakistan Economic Corridor", to be realized because "Eurasia, Russia and Central Asia can only utilize Gwadar [Pakistan’s port] as a newly emerged trade route through Afghanistan, where CPEC may later extend in the future." That can happen when "the [United States] completely withdraws from the country, as in Vietnam ... and Pakistan can facilitate this by providing a safe passage for a U.S .withdrawal." The subtle message being that Pakistan will continue to attack Afghanistan with its Taliban proxies until the United States does so. Here is the punchline: "China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization objectives can only be realized only when there is a stable Afghanistan," that is, a Chinese-Pakistani controlled Afghanistan. And here is how the Chinese-Pakistani plan will unfold. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 Stalingrad of Asia... Let them have it and stage a dignified withdrawal from the country. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-12-11 16:28 |
| #1 Let them have it, arc light the runways and major roads on our way out. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-12-11 14:08 |