With Indian Prime Minister Mr Modis recent visit to USA and Israel, the proverbial cat is out of the bag. The unholy alliance that was in the making for many decades is now out in the open.
The two interesting things that have brought the three strange bedfellows together are that each of them claims to be a democracy and to be the major victim of radical Islamic terrorism.
India claims to be largest democracy” while the USA is the “strongest” democracy and Israel the “only democracy in the Middle East”. They also claim that they are the target of the radical Islam and that they hate their freedom and are against their way of life and want to drag their societies many thousands year back.
The similarities, however, do not end here.
The three countries are indulging in committing atrocities against the Muslim world on an unprecedented scale.
In India Muslims are slaughtered not only in the name of cow vigilantism but its forces also massacre Kashmiri Muslims living in Indian-held Kashmir.
The USA has waged war against many Muslim countries in the last decade or so. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, to name a few Muslim countries, have faced the direct brunt. Besides these open wars, countless covert operations in many other Muslim countries are underway as we are reading this article.
Israel too has an unparalleled record of human rights abuses against Muslims in Palestine and other Muslim neighbors like Lebanon, Jordon, Egypt etc.
The emergence of USA-India-Israel Nexus was, therefore, a self-fulfilling prophecy. The World is witnessing the biggest realignment after the Second World War. USA-Europe relations are also getting strained and will continue to do so in the future. This shifting of alliances will have far-reaching consequences for the world. However, my focus will remain on its effect on Asia and Pakistan.
The emergence of USA-India-Israel Nexus was, therefore, a self-fulfilling prophecy. The World is witnessing the biggest realignment after the Second World War. USA-Europe relations are also getting strained and will continue to do so in the future. This shifting of alliances will have far-reaching consequences for the world. However, my focus will remain on its effect on Asia and Pakistan.
There is little doubt that the trinity feels most threatened from Pakistan, being the only Muslim country with atomic weapons. They feel that it is only Pakistan, with the help of China, which can stop their hegemonious design of dominating the world stage under the new world order. Thats why Pakistan has been their target for many years now.
India and Pakistan have always been dagger drawn on the core issue of Kashmir that is kept unresolved intentionally to keep this area unstable.
The USA-Pakistan relations have always been of love-hate with the USA ditching Pakistan at the important junctures. In 1965, during Indo-Pakistan war, USA stabbed Pakistan by putting an arms embargo on her, despite Pakistan being a member of SEATO. This embargo threatened Pakistan existence, as the equipment used by Pakistan Military was predominantly American. The same thing happened in 1971 where the USA’s seventh fleet never came for rescue despite several requests. In 1974, India conducted the underground nuclear test, and when Pakistan sought its own nuclear weapons capability – USA imposed sanctions. Similarly, after the withdrawal of the Soviet forces from Afghanistan; USA once again imposed new sanctions on Pakistan. Then the USA signed a civilian nuclear agreement with India ignoring Pakistan. USA drone strikes on Pakistan killing many innocent Pakistanis are known to everyone.
During the recent visit by Indian Prime Minister Modi, USA President Donald Trump described India as a true friend and declared Kashmiri freedom fighter Syed Salah-ud-Din as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist despite Pakistan being a major non-NATO ally and frontline state fighting against terrorism. The USA also sold 22 unmanned Guardian drones to India shifting the balance of power in favour of India. Another deal of supplying $40 billion worth of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to India is also in the pipeline.
The question is: Will these titanic shifts make Pakistani political leadership rise up to the occasion?
The Pakistan Army is the only institution that seems to be aware of the situation. It is spearheading the policy of moving away from the stranglehold of the USA to the friendly embrace of China and Russia; which is the step in the right direction. These regional powers can also help in getting the Kashmir dispute resolved which was never the priority of Western powers.
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