An insider view of U.S. on Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, India ft. Robin Raphel

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An insider view of U.S. on Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, India ft. Robin Raphel

In conversation with Robin L. Raphel, Former American Diplomat, this episode discusses What happened in Afghanistan? What is being done about Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis? Will the Taliban government be recognized? What is the U.S.-Pak relationship about Afghanistan? Is the U.S. interested in economic investments in Pakistan? Is there any U.S.-Pak counter-terrorism collaboration? What should the international community do about Afghanistan and terrorism? Are China and Russia interested in Afghanistan? What does the U.S. think about China? Are we seeing a clash between democracy vs authoritarianism? Is the world moving back from globalization to isolationism? How is the U.S. viewing India and what’s the Indian lobby? How do you see Pakistan in 30 years?

00:00 Introduction
00:25 What happened in Afghanistan?
06:50 Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
09:03 Will Taliban government be recognized?
11:55 U.S.-Pak relationship wrt Afghanistan
17:52 U.S.’s interest in economic investments in Pakistan
21:25 U.S.-Pak counter-terrorism collaboration
22:12 Role of the international community
25:06 Are China and Russia interested in Afghanistan?
27:10 What does U.S. think about China?
20:59 Democracy vs Authoritarianism
35:30 Globalization vs Isolationism
39:29 India’s lobby in the U.S.
43:03 Pakistan in 30 years
46:35 Conclusion

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[Falcon26]

Thanks for the tag!

 

[Dalit]

Robin is a staunchly pro-Pakistan supporter. Perhaps the most pro-Pakistan proponent in the US we can find. This lady deserves some kind of a national award. Even when the entire US media and political landscape scapegoated Pakistan, Robin stood steadfast and supported Pakistan.

This American lady is more loyal to Pakistan than many Pakistanis.

 

[cloud4000]

She's a Cold War relic. Pro-Pakistani US officials are a rare right these days.

 

[Dalit]

She's a Cold War relic. Pro-Pakistani US officials are a rare right these days.

That is good. Pakistan belongs in the China camp anyway.

 

[ghazi52]

She knows lot about Pakistan. Very interesting.

 

[lafete]

Every American should recite a thousand times the following: "behind every social upheaval lies an intellectual crisis".

Numbers do not lie:

Neither Pakistanis nor American's understand why these two spikes happened:

Number of Muslims killed, unit * = 100K

620-720 C.E *
720-820 C.E **
820-920 C.E **
920-1020 C.E *
1020-1120 C.E *
1120-1220 C.E *
1220-1320 C.E ********************
1320-1420 C.E *
1420-1520 C.E ***
1520-1620 C.E *
1620-1720 C.E *
1720-1820 C.E *
1820-1920 C.E ***
1920-2020 C.E ********************

The judgement will be for individuals on the day of judgment, there will be no collective judgement of the entire ummah or Pakistanis. So collective punishment is usually due to the actions of the group.

As you can see, there are two spikes where aprox 2 million Muslims were killed. The two great disasters in Islam and the two great punishments.

The first spike:
Punisher: The mongols
Reason: Extreme liberal sufi beleifs crossing the bounds of Islam

The second spike:
Punisher: the west
Reason: Khawarijities and their extreme conservative beliefs.

The urgent need here is to understand that because of these two spikes, a lot of non Muslims got killed as well. The Mongols killed everyone and a lot of westerners lost their lives in the second spike too.

As long as the west was visiting Muslim lands, the war against the kharaijites could not be fought decisively. The west must understand that this can opens from within - they do no have the luxury to sit in the Friday sermons or attend discussions inside the mosques - yet (Berkeley/Zaytuna and Cambridge are rapidly changing that but it is still a bit slow).

Since the west has left the Muslim lands, the call for a holy war no longer holds valid. This is the time to expose this khawarijite garbage for what it really is - lies. However, for this to happen the intellectual causes for the two spikes need to be understood.

 

[Wood]

She's a Cold War relic. Pro-Pakistani US officials are a rare right these days.

Just googled to see who she was and found the below in Wikipedia

Raphel was the subject of a federal counterintelligence investigation. Surveillance of her communications began in February, 2013 and became public knowledge in October, 2014. She was suspected of being a Pakistani asset. After abandoning the claim that she had been spying, the FBI urged Raphel to plead guilty to mishandling classified documents. Raphel refused the plea deal, and in March 2016, the Justice Department declined to file charges against her.

Robin Raphel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Dalit]

Just googled to see who she was and found the below in Wikipedia

Robin Raphel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What would you call the US army of Indian agents? It is an open secret that Indians have bought Americans to do their lobbying and bidding. American journos and political figures are paid money to promote Indian cause. Are these Americans an Indian asset?

 

[Wood]

What would you call the US army of Indian agents? It is an open secret that Indians have bought Americans to do their bidding. Are these Americans an Indian asset?

I do not call Robin Raphael a Pakistani asset. Just googled to see who she was and was surprised at what I found. As for Indian assets in America, I'm sure that there are people in the US congress that are on Indian payroll. They will try to be on the Indian side for issues that are important to India. Likewise, Pakistan and every other country for that matter will try spend money (relative to their economic strength) to have some sort of influence in US congress. America is easily the most influential world power as of now.

PS: Nice avatar change! I did not realize that it was you

 

[cloud4000]

Just googled to see who she was and found the below in Wikipedia

Robin Raphel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I remember the incident well. Raphel was working as a consultant for the US Department of State. She was passing classified information to Pakistan. Accusations were made, investigations conducted, but in the end, all she got was a slap on the wrist: her consultant contract terminated and all her access to classified information terminated.

I believe she is still a lobbyist for Pakistan.