Bro,
'Evil powers' is a relative term. To some countries, China is an evil power. However, reality is complex and no country is inherently evil.
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US respect North Korea?
Behind-the-scenes, US was preparing for full-scale war with North Korea. FYI:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/us/politics/military-exercises-north-korea-pentagon.html
US was planning to use microwave weapons to disable North Korean missile launchers in the opening phase of assault:
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US respect Iran?
US sabotaged Iranian nuclear program with covert operations and overt threats.
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2015/ph241/holloway1/
US was willing to utilize extremely powerful bunker buster weapons to destroy deeply buried Iranian nuclear facilities.
Donald Trump's recent threat to Iranian President Rouhani:
"Never, ever threaten the United States again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before."
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US subjected North Korea to extremely harsh sanctions not long ago and arm-twisted China into complying with them:-
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ctions-trump-warns-of-phase-two-idUSKCN1G71RD
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-be-working-heres-why/?utm_term=.f92d2e06395b
North Korea have capitulated and willing to negotiate its way out of crisis.
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US is now subjecting Iran to extremely harsh sanctions, and will arm-twist all of its trading partners into complying with them:-
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/her...eturning-after-trump-leaves-nuclear-deal.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sanctions-start-to-pinch-shipping-in-iran-1527586200
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/bus...ency-in-free-fall-as-american-sanctions-loom/
There are already signs of unrest in Iran due to lack of job opportunities and water crisis:-
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ts-in-iran-as-us-sanctions-loom-idUSKBN1KP06X
Now that US have its hands free from Iraq, and War On Terror is also winding down, it is looking forward to punish Iran.
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My point is that showing middle finger to US can backfire spectacularly, and US is a relentless enemy.
Iraq is home to proud people much like Pakistan, and Saddam Hussein was not a fan of US; Saddam made decisions per his mindset and never cared about American retribution. This much is apparent from the fact when he ordered
invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and refused to heed calls from the UN to end this occupation. From this point onwards, US perceived Iraq a major threat to American interests in the region, and saw through it.
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Pakistan cannot maintain a
low profile in international affairs due to Kashmir, Afghanistan, Terrorism and being a nuclear power. China is undeniably a valuable partner of Pakistan but this world is much bigger than China. Pakistan is a member of UN and have to work with many countries - not just few.
Consider Russia for a moment. Russia have significant issues with NATO but it did not shut the door to diplomacy with the WEST.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/world/europe/putin-trump-moscow-meeting.html
You think Vladimir Putin is not frustrated? With the kind of power he has at his disposal, and still not able to address pressing issues with NATO - is most frustrating.
Not to forget the sanctions:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-sanctions-aimed-at-putin-s-russia-quicktake
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Do not loose hope. And more importantly, do not create new enemies.