1. True. The Americans will have to deal with this fact because Pakistan is simply looking out for its interests. Our interests dictate that we should have excellent relations with China.
2. That's just not true. The Americans nag and cry about Pakistan on a daily basis. They certainly rely on Pakistan in Afghanistan. Otherwise, the Americans wouldn't be nagging an crying.
3. Improving relations with Iran? Just wait till Trump makes it to the office. He will tear down the nuke accord and make Israel a happy ally.
4. Pakistan has been crystal clear about its role and influence regarding the Taliban. Pakistan has no magic wand. It never claimed it has one. It influences certain quarters of the Taliban, but that's where it ends. Pakistan cannot do anything about Americans living in a fantasy land regarding Pakistan's powers and magic with the Taliban. For you to sketch such a false picture is incorrect.
5. The elections in the US will prove only one thing to the world. How a bigoted man like Trump will make it to the office only to deteriorate an already fragile world situation. The Americans are hating everyone which will be their own downfall. From Mexicans labelled as rapists, to Black African Americans who are killed by a white police force and Muslims whose countries are invaded. Did I mention China, Russia, Iran? Don't make it sound rosy. It isn't not rosy.
6. India is living in a delusional world. India is a policeman of the US and it will abide by every word. Nothing more nothing less. Arabs who want to cosy up with India are free to do so. We don't care.
2. So you contest this claim? OK. Could you then list out dependency of USA on Pakistan?
USA did not nagged you much (It only made polite requests, until shitt got real in Osama's case) when it was REALLY dependent on you. Actually it has started badmouthing/nagging you only after its dependence on you is drastically reduced.
Someone here made a point about closing supply routes. Now answer me what different would closure of supply route make to USA when it only has around 8000 soldiers in Afghanistan! This is not 2012 when there were hundred of thousand of US soldiers in Afghanistan making them dependent on Pakistan. I don't think they need to even supply as Americans are not taking part in combat and are resting their arses on their bases. A couple of C-7 flights a month would service need of US forces.
And ANA is doing much better than most posters here acknowledge. Even without air-support, it has held back Taliban. If Taliban make any gains that threaten Afganistan seriously, US could simple bomb their advance into oblivion ,and after doing that, it could simply go back to its bases leaving Afghans to kill each other like they have done for nearly 1000 years.
3. Trump has "a snowball chance in hell" of a victory. What matters is that at present USA's relation with Iran are improving and Iranian mullahs too have calmed down a lot.
4. Your General was waltzing around the world (as recently as December last year) talking on behalf of Afghan taliban and presenting roadmaps of talks. After hyping Pakistan's influence so much (so as to impress upon US+UK to not make India a party to Afghan negotiations), not being able to deliver has cause serious dent in Pakistan's standing (It gave impression of either weakness or treachry/or both)
5. Does not make a difference to the fact that Muslims are most hated group in west (probably second most hated in USA). Whether it would become a cause of downfall of west or not is something that can't be foretold; but what could be foretold is that election time would inevitably result in a lot of populist anti-Muslims/Pakistan rhetoric in USA (and west in general, though in hushed tone in Europe as European countries believing in stabbing in back while maintaining a holier-than-thou attitude, while USA believe more in bringing freedom and democracy using frontal charge with most visible phallic means).
6. LOL!! It is pure statistics. Check GDP figures. And Indo-US relations are qualitatively different than US-Pak relations as their orientation is primarily economic ,and India has always been instinctively against formal alliances. We do not seek any aid from USA and are paying full price for their hardware, one of the reason why their own MIC is lobbying their Congress to remove restrictions on sale/tech-transfer to India (Probably you do not know but Soviets have made offer of providing Mig-21 for free to Indira Gandhi in return for hosting Russian navy in India, which she denied at a time when India was short on cash). Probably if Pakistan powers to be (idiotic gernails) has grasped the fact that :"Free things usually cost more in real life than fully paid ones", and importance of economics and tried to build relationship on basis of economy, rather than client-patron relationship, Pakistan would not had been discarded like a used tissue by USA.
