Pakistan rebukes US lawmakers who belittled its anti-terror efforts

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Pakistan rebukes US lawmakers who belittled its anti-terror efforts
July 14, 2016
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WASHINGTON - Pakistan told a group of American lawmakers and experts who derided it's counterterrorism efforts at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday that Islamabad's resolve wipe out terrorism was "second to none."

"We need not remind the skeptics that no country has suffered more from terrorism than Pakistan," Nadeem Hotiana, a spokesman of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington said on Thursday while commenting on their testimonies, some of them derogatory to Pakistan, at the hearing, entitled "Pakistan: A Friend of Foe in the Fight Against Terrorism."

The hearing was initiated byRepublican Congressman Ted Poe, a pro-India campaigner at Capitol Hill, who joined the calls for cutting off aid to Pakistan and listing it as a "State sponsoring terrorism."

"Positive counter-terrorism cooperation between the two countries has been widely acknowledged by the leadership of the two countries," Hotiana said, while reminding Pakistan's critics that that US and Pakistan have been partners in the anti-terror campaign.

"In the October 2015 Joint Statement of President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, President (Barack) Obama, affirmed Pakistan’s role as a key counterterrorism partner and recognised the sacrifices that Pakistani civilians, military, and law-enforcement personnel have made over the years as they confront terrorism and militant groups," he said.

"Both leaders also renewed their common resolve to promote peace and stability throughout the region and to counter all forms of extremism and terrorism.

"Chairman Armed Services Committee, Senator John McCain, after a recent visit to Pakistan and seeing firsthand the results of military operations in North Waziristan, said 'he was impressed by the progress on ground'," the spokesman added.

"Pakistan’s resolve to fight back the menace of terrorism is, therefore, second to none. The extra-ordinary success of operation Zarb-e-Azb is a testimony to Pakistan’s unwavering commitment to eliminate terrorism from the Pakistani soil."

At the hearing, American lawmakers and experts called Pakistan "manipulative" and claimed that it that supports terrorist elements and has been treating the US like chumps.

"They are making chumps out of us. They see us we are being so stupid. It seems like paying the mafia," said Congressman Matt Salmon, Chairman of the Asia and Pacific subcommittee of House Foreign Affairs Committee. "If I may use an undiplomatic term. We have been patsies," former Bush-era top diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad told lawmakers along with others how Pakistani leadership had "gamed" the American system for decades.

"Patsies chumps. Most Americans see out of this and yet our so called leaders do not really get it," Salmon added.

Bill Roggio, senior editor of the Long War Journal Foundation for Defence of Democracies along with Khalilzad called for cutting aid to Pakistan and put them in the list of State Sponsor of terrorism.

"At the end they are treating us like chumps. And we are more than willing to keep on handing out money to Pakistan," Roggio said.

"Pakistanis are very clever in manipulating us. I have to state that," said Khalilzad, while talking about his dealing with the Pakistani leadership when he served in various diplomatic position in the Bush era, including the US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the Permanent Representative of the US to the UN.

They reach out to distinguished members of the Congress, they invite them for visits, they charm them, they promise once again and they extract statements from us that are "surprising" in the face of facts, he said.

Asked why the US continued with its same policy, Khalilzad said that Pakistani ability to manipulate by their actions in part had been a factor.

"My experience in dealing with Pakistan is that they will only give you something, when they know that they are going to get something," the former top American diplomat said.

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher said that the Pakistani government and Saudi Arabia created the Taliban and the Haqqani network.

Rohrabacher said the US' aid giving to Pakistan was "ridiculous".

"People of Balochistan are being slaughtered by this corrupt oppressive regime, he said.

Salmon said he personally believed that as the first step, the US should completely cut off aid to Pakistan. "That would be the right first step. If we do not any changes, we move some of the other suggestions, state sponsor terrorism, possible economic sanctions. I personally believe we have the worst policy that we have and what we are doing is rewarding these people," Salmon said.



Published in The Nation newspaper on 14-Jul-2016

 

[艹艹艹]

美国人一直都在胡说，美国人是不值得信任的
Americans have been talking nonsense.
Americans can't be trusted.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Yep, Pakistan is holding a knife at the throat of the American government and forcing them to deliver F-16s and economic aid. We're manipulating and deceiving little babies who are unable to look in the mirror and criticize their own duplicitous behavior. Despite these accusations, the American government continues to provide aid to Pakistan and still hasn't figured out that they are being taken for a ride. Khalilzad, Poe and Rohrabacher are the only individuals who know what is actually going on. LOL what a pathetic reasoning. What a terrible way to hide your own failures and blame others.

 

[Mukunda Murthi Rao]

Yep, Pakistan is holding a knife at the throat of the American government and forcing them to deliver F-16s and economic aid. We're manipulating and deceiving little babies who are unable to look in the mirror and criticize their own duplicitous behavior. Despite these accusations, the American government continues to provide aid to Pakistan and still hasn't figured out that they are being taken for a ride. Khalilzad, Poe and Rohrabacher are the only individuals who know what is actually going on. LOL what a pathetic reasoning. What a terrible way to hide your own failures and blame others.

Just one point of contention, there are US diplomats who have claimed that pakistan comes to the negotiating table with a gun to its head.
Pakistan plays the victim card pretty well, that it has suffered the highest casualties in the wot. But the ttp scum were part of the hero's cult u created during afghan jihad, and then for kashmir.
US is shouting at u becoz they no rely on u compared to previous occasions.
U guys are very good at milking allies, be it US or china, i must give u that, but u do overplay ur card, which might cause dissilusionment in my opinion

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Meanwhile, Raheel told the yanks in clear terms to mop Afghanistan of NDS and RAW sponsored TTP, MaCain came running to Pakistan, and within days, Umer Naray got a drone up his arse. This is the just the beginning.

Let these clowns do their circus in congress, who cares, we are well on our way to secure our eastern flanks and as I predicted, this will be followed by "sorting" India out for the games it has been playing since 9/11 against Pakistan. Kashmir uprising is just a beginning. Watch the space.

 

[weqi]

Yep, Pakistan is holding a knife at the throat of the American government and forcing them to deliver F-16s and economic aid. We're manipulating and deceiving little babies who are unable to look in the mirror and criticize their own duplicitous behavior. Despite these accusations, the American government continues to provide aid to Pakistan and still hasn't figured out that they are being taken for a ride. Khalilzad, Poe and Rohrabacher are the only individuals who know what is actually going on. LOL what a pathetic reasoning. What a terrible way to hide your own failures and blame others.

Statements are more or like Pakistani politicians i was thinking US congressmen are very clever .

Just one point of contention, there are US diplomats who have claimed that pakistan comes to the negotiating table with a gun to its head.
Pakistan plays the victim card pretty well, that it has suffered the highest casualties in the wot. But the ttp scum were part of the hero's cult u created during afghan jihad, and then for kashmir.
US is shouting at u becoz they no rely on u compared to previous occasions.
U guys are very good at milking allies, be it US or china, i must give u that, but u do overplay ur card, which might cause dissilusionment in my opinion

When india is With U -s -a whats the problem go build afghanistan actually they know very well alone U=S and india
can't build afghanistan

"Inverse Thief rebuked Inspector"

Meanwhile, Raheel told the yanks in clear terms to mop Afghanistan of NDS and RAW sponsored TTP, MaCain came running to Pakistan, and within days, Umer Naray got a drone up his arse. This is the just the beginning.

Let these clowns do their circus in congress, who cares, we are well on our way to secure our eastern flanks and as I predicted, this will be followed by "sorting" India out for the games it has been playing since 9/11 against Pakistan. Kashmir uprising is just a beginning. Watch the space.

i am un able to understand When two big nations like indi and yank are in Afghanistan what the problem with them they completely blocked Pakistan in Afghanistan so what happened .

only talks with US-Taliban-Pakistan can bring peace in Afghanistan .puppet idiot northern allies has spent its honey moon now u=s to control its budget its economy in front of china , changing dimensions in Europe alongwith russia.

 

[Tamilnadu]

Pakistanies dont even realise hom much its has hurt Pakistan by the policies from 2001,Pakistan can cry all it want ,no one in the world will even blink,the final nail was OBL...

Its for sane Pakistanies to think and change thr cource of Pakistan.

 

[General General]

Pakistan Is Committed to Fighting Terrorism
Don't believe the incorrect information or speculative media reports that paint Pakistan in a negative light.
Dear editor,

The views expressed in Rep. Ted Poe's op-ed ["Stop Paying Pakistan," 6/28/15] are based on incorrect information and speculative media reports that have been consistently proven false over a period of time.

Since the killing of Osama Bin Laden, it has been established beyond doubt that he was hiding in Pakistan without information or any help from the state. No evidence to the contrary has ever surfaced and the U.S. leadership involved in the specific operation at that time has clearly rejected any insinuation of Pakistan's complicity. This includes the statement by Admiral William McRaven, who supervised the operation, that there was no evidence that Pakistani government knew about the whereabouts of Bin Laden. The statement was published on the website of Department of Defense.

Consistent with this position, the White House, as late as last year, debunked once again such media accusations that are sometime published by journalists seeking public spotlight. To publicly accuse Pakistan based on an allegation that has repeatedly proven false calls into question the reasons for using this erroneous story again and again.

In reality, documents collected from the Bin Laden compound tell another story. A brochure "Jehad in Pakistan" reportedly written by Bin Laden and released by the office of the Director National Intelligence in March this year lists the reasons why Bin Laden considered Pakistan as an enemy and outlines al-Qaida's elaborate strategy to destroy Pakistan. The brochure can be viewed at the DNI's website and is yet another testimony to the fact that terrorism threatens Pakistan and the United States as a common enemy.

In addition, the article also raises another unsubstantiated claim based on sensational media reporting that a CIA station chief was poisoned by Pakistan. This claim is as fictional as it is ridiculous. The matter has never been raised by the U.S. government with Pakistan.


The op-ed also leaves an impression that Pakistan has done nothing to fight terrorism. Pakistan has helped the United States capture key operatives involved in the tragic 9/11 episode. These included mastermind Muhammad Khalid Sheikh and alleged 9/11 organizer Ramzi Binalshibh. The list is not exhaustive and includes many other senior al-Qaida leaders. During the last two years, Pakistan has also cleared a vast swath of a territory that was previously used by many militant networks, including the Haqqani Network. This operation has resulted in the killing of 3500 militants, 900 of which belonged to Lashkar-e-Islam, a group that threatened ground lines of communication for facilitating cargo for U.S. troops. Nearly 500 soldiers of Pakistan's army made the ultimate sacrifice in fighting these militants.

Being the worst victim of terrorism and having lost thousands of innocent citizens and soldiers to this menace our own resolve to defeat this threat can never be doubted.

Nadeem Hotiana
Press attache
Embassy of Pakistan

Source

 

[Mukunda Murthi Rao]

When india is With U -s -a whats the problem go build afghanistan actually they know very well alone U=S and india
can't build afghanistan

Well its true, without the help of pakistan, there cant be any peace in afghanistan.
That is y they have been in partneship with u to first fight the taliban, and then to try to bring peace through negotiations.
But pakistan's interests in the region are different. They want afghanistan as its backyard and were just playing both sides and waiting out the US
U played ur card rly well to be honest, but overplayed it just a little bit. The peace talks fell thru and the americans and ashraf ghani who was pro pakistan lost their patience.
If u could have delivered on ur promise to bring talis to peace, u would have pulled off a coup. But now u have become a pariah.
If u have a golden goose with u, u should play it judiciously and not piss it off

 

[weqi]

Well its true, without the help of pakistan, there cant be any peace in afghanistan.
That is y they have been in partneship with u to first fight the taliban, and then to try to bring peace through negotiations.
But pakistan's interests in the region are different. They want afghanistan as its backyard and were just playing both sides and waiting out the talis.
U played ur card rly well to be honest, but overplayed it just a little bit. The peace talks fell thru and the americans and ashraf ghani who was pro pakistan got lost their patience.
If u could have delivered on ur promise to bring talis to peace, u would have pulled off a coup. But now u have become a pariah.
If u have a golden goose with u, u should play it judiciously and not piss it off

ashraf ghani pro pakistani what , how , when , where ,

i read above article and i understand congress trying punish Pakistan with their tactics your United played wrong cards which costs them . without any act of china ,russia and pakistan

 

[shah1398]

美国人一直都在胡说，美国人是不值得信任的
Americans have been talking nonsense.
Americans can't be trusted.

U have just summarized it all

 

[Mukunda Murthi Rao]

ashraf ghani pro pakistani what , how , when , where ,

i read above article and i understand congress trying punish Pakistan with their tactics your United played wrong cards which costs them . without any act of china ,russia and pakistan

As soon as ashraf ghani becom president, he visited pakistan, said he wants good ties with pakistan and wanted peace talks with taliban.

Karzai hated pakistan and talis. Ghani thought peace can be negotiated while abdullah abdallah was pro india. India wanted abdullah abdullah to win and pak wanted ghani to win. He didnt visit india for a year, he refused our offer for training their officers and signed an MoU with ISI for intel sharing. He was critisized for being too pro pak. I request you to verify these facts.

But pak failed to deliver on the promise of bringing the talis to the table. And there have been upsurge of attacks by talis and this turned him.
U cannot blame everyone else for your problems. U had a golden opportunity. Had u played it right, u could have won everyone's hearts and minds, but i believe greed got the better of the establishment and u wanted talis to get back in power and remove india from afghanistan.
Inida also lobbied hard for opposition to criticize ghani and both contributed to the present ghani attitude.

 

[IceCold]

Instead of rebuking it and giving some sort of legitimacy to these indian sponsored scums , it would had been better if we would have rubbish them, saying these Congress men are only trying to show their worth For who can speak more against Pakistan. Let's discredit them and their reputation. Let Americans know how much of a sell out their Congress men are dancing to Indian tunes.

 

[cloud4000]

Instead of rebuking it and giving some sort of legitimacy to these indian sponsored scums , it would had been better if we would have rubbish them, saying these Congress men are only trying to show their worth For who can speak more against Pakistan. Let's discredit them and their reputation. Let Americans know how much of a sell out their Congress men are dancing to Indian tunes.

Americans are anti-Pakistan. They are not going to listen to a country that harbored OBL. Scores of Pakistanis are in US jails on charges of terrorism. These Congressmen, whatever their motivation, are just echoing the sentiments of their constituents.

 

[IceCold]

Americans are anti-Pakistan. They are not going to listen to a country that harbored OBL. Scores of Pakistanis are in US jails on charges of terrorism. These Congressmen, whatever their motivation, are just echoing the sentiments of their constituents.

Yeah they are echoing it alright just on Indian money.