Here is how I'd respond to the members of the Congress [Thread]
To @USRepKeating:
1. Pakistan didn't have to play a duplicitous role, the US was lying itself to the teeth on gains in #Afghanistan for 20 years. The question is why the American people were lied to about Afg?
To @USRepKeating:
1. Pakistan didn't have to play a duplicitous role, the US was lying itself to the teeth on gains in #Afghanistan for 20 years. The question is why the American people were lied to about Afg?
2. Backing warlords & crook regimes of Karzai & Ghani wasn't Pakistan's doing, it was all the US plan.
3. Since Oct/Nov 2001 Pakistan kept advising to the US that there was "no military solution", yet you all thought it was a winnable war. Duplicitous much?
3. Since Oct/Nov 2001 Pakistan kept advising to the US that there was "no military solution", yet you all thought it was a winnable war. Duplicitous much?
To @JoaquinCastrotx
1. Nobody in Pakistan cheered Taliban's takeover. People were only relieved to see the downfall of a crook regime that sponsored terrorism in Pakistan for over a decade.
1. Nobody in Pakistan cheered Taliban's takeover. People were only relieved to see the downfall of a crook regime that sponsored terrorism in Pakistan for over a decade.
2. Pakistan as major non-NATO ally benefitted the US way more than it did Pakistan. For a peanuts in US military assistance, Pakistan subsidised the US war effort at the expense of its own economy & sovereignty. Being thankful is not an American thing, we understand that.
To @RepScottPerry:
1. The idea that US taxpayers money went to Pakistan that then funded terrorists is one of those convenient lies US tells itself. For one, there was barely any significant aid to Pakistan in 20 years + most of that aid went back to US contractors/consultants.
1. The idea that US taxpayers money went to Pakistan that then funded terrorists is one of those convenient lies US tells itself. For one, there was barely any significant aid to Pakistan in 20 years + most of that aid went back to US contractors/consultants.
2. Pakistan funding ISIS-K is yet another lie being pushed by #India that has for 20 years fed disinformation to the US policy community. Pakistan is a victim of ISIS-K and has over the years fought the group at every instance. US might find ISIS-K traces in India though.
To @RepMarkGreen
1. With due respect sir you really only need a lesson in geography.
2. It's precisely the US partnership with India on Afghanistan that brought the US where it is today. The US is more than welcome to continue with that partnership but expect same results.
1. With due respect sir you really only need a lesson in geography.
2. It's precisely the US partnership with India on Afghanistan that brought the US where it is today. The US is more than welcome to continue with that partnership but expect same results.
Conclusion:
After 20 years of policy blunders & madness, one would at least expect an honest appraisal in the US. However, the congressional hearing proves otherwise: the US is so steep in its confirmation bias that not even a jolt like Afghan failure can help it.
After 20 years of policy blunders & madness, one would at least expect an honest appraisal in the US. However, the congressional hearing proves otherwise: the US is so steep in its confirmation bias that not even a jolt like Afghan failure can help it.
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