Pakistani official called a senior US diplomat a “little pygmy” on Twitter

[Khanate]

Shireen, as the name indicates, is a sweet lady.

 

[zulu]

wow yeh tu NS aur Billu/zardari sy ziyada brave simply wow and those who teaching about diplomacy its not the position of any ambassador to criticize an Prime minister of any sovereign country he said this to make Afghan govt happy and get what he deserved

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

PTI Govt must refrain from idiocy.Mentioning of Afghanistan in IK speech was more then moronic.

Refrain from being an .. & bending over for some american dip-shyt.

And if you are so concerned, ask ghani to stop interfering in Pakistans domestic affairs. PTM issue is a hint.

 

[Vortex]

Why insulting Pigmy ?

Mrs Mazari you are talking racist language. Not good ! In France you will end up fined for racism and definitely blacklisted.

 

[Awan68]

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[CrazyZ]

#interim government

 

[xyxmt]

US diplomatic staff training courses is still two years old where they were told you can call Pakistani PMs as your servant, they have not updated that course work to include new Pakistan in it and its not our fault, they will get two slaps for one this time.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Salaam

Call me old fashioned but I think only those authorised to speak on matters of international relations should do so. Just because everyone has a twitter handle doesn't mean they must not take over the work of the foreign office.


I don't see why people think this is clever or shows 'patriotism' and such. Shireen Mazari is not a private citizen doling out sweet justice on twitter - she is a minister of the Government of Pakistan. She should act the part as well.


Nadaan dost se aqalmand dushman behtar

...

Let’s not forget that John Bass started this.

PTI Govt must refrain from idiocy.Mentioning of Afghanistan in IK speech was more then moronic.

And Ghani delving into Pakistan’s domestic affairs with his statements about the PTM is what?

Politeness can be seen as weakness as well.....

And quite frankly WAS seen as weakness under Zardari and Sharif.

Never once did the US/Western narrative/coverage praise Pakistan for ‘restraint’ when Sharif and Zardari stayed silent despite multiple US verbal broadsides against Pakistan.

It was not ‘restraint’ that finally resulted in the Obama administration offering ‘regrets’ for the Salala incident.

Why insulting Pigmy ?

Mrs Mazari you are talking racist language. Not good ! In France you will end up fined for racism and definitely blacklisted.

It’s not racist in this context - it’s basically the equivalent of calling Modi ‘chotay log’.

 

[Vortex]

It’s not racist in this context - it’s basically the equivalent of calling Modi ‘chotay log’.

I understand what you say but as Pygmy people are really small size. And unfortunately wording/expression have not same meaning in Urdu and English or French.

But my English is limited and I understand it through french language /thinking.

 

[Path-Finder]

that twat should have thought it through before making those remarks about the PM! his job is afghan affairs and NOT passing comments like that. Kudos to Mazari for her response. These mofo's take a mile if given a nm.

PM should meet the Taliban f#ck the mayor of kabul the haram bastard.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1110973650340065285

 

[airmarshal]

The way this PTI government takes on this raging bull by the horns, I m loving it! Americans deserve these crude responses. American ambassador has no right to address Pakistani PM like this.

Salaam

Call me old fashioned but I think only those authorised to speak on matters of international relations should do so. Just because everyone has a twitter handle doesn't mean they must not take over the work of the foreign office.


I don't see why people think this is clever or shows 'patriotism' and such. Shireen Mazari is not a private citizen doling out sweet justice on twitter - she is a minister of the Government of Pakistan. She should act the part as well.


Nadaan dost se aqalmand dushman behtar

...

What are you talking about? You just said just because you have twitter handle, you cant speak. So does not that rule apply to American envoy? How dare he talks about our country and its PM in just an undignified and undiplomatic manner? Do you think a response in the same language would be appropriate from foreing office twitter handle?

And look at this maader chod.

These PTM fucktards get up and start issuing statements only when it hurts Pakistan. The person who responded said pretty much everything that can be said about PTM.

 

[I.R.A]

PTI Govt must refrain from idiocy.Mentioning of Afghanistan in IK speech was more then moronic.

IK said the right thing, we hold more stakes in Afghanistan than anyone else, even more than the mayors of Kabul. We have suffered because of Afghanistan and its conflicts more than anyone else. Afghanistan needs to have interim government ....... and not some puppets at this moment ........ this perfectly makes sense for a faster resolution.

What Shireen Mizari did is also right ......... idiots around the world should stop clubbing together of Pakistan with Afghanistan. No more special envoys for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan's premier doesn't need to be dictated by an ambassador anymore ....especially when your ex-wife may have escorted Pakistani premier in the past. Simple ... and perfect response to show someone where they sit according to new seating arrangements.

 

[Thorough Pro]

That is soooooo wrong, she should have used spell check, the right word is "Little Piglet"

Why a top Pakistani official called a senior US diplomat a “little pygmy” on Twitter

• 
  
  
  • By Alex Ward
  • on March 27, 2019 5:40 pm

John Bass, ambassador to Afghanistan, during his confirmation hearing on September 12, 2017, in Washington, DC.
Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
A top Pakistani official just called the US ambassador to Afghanistan a “little pygmy” on Twitter.

Her angry words, in this case, are more than just an insult: They have the potential to upend the Trump administration’s delicate, years-long efforts to reach a peace deal in Afghanistan that would it allow it to withdraw troops after nearly 20 years of war.


Here’s what happened: John Bass, America’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, tweeted early Wednesday morning directly at Pakistan’s new prime minister and former cricket star, Imran Khan, over a controversial statement he made about Afghanistan’s government.

“Some aspects of #cricket apply well in diplomacy, some do not,” he wrote, adding that it’s “important to resist temptation to ball-tamper with the #Afghanistan peace process and its internal affairs.”

Khan has yet to respond to Bass’s tweet, but Shireen Mazari, Pakistan’s human rights minister, had some choice words for the US envoy.

If you’re thinking “surely she will retract that” — no such luck. In response to criticism on Twitter, she sent out another zinger: “But seriously what diplomatic norms? US dips have been violating them all day today from Zalmay to this moron!”

So what the heck is going on here?

Why Pakistan’s human rights minister is angry at the US
The State Department declined to comment, but it seems that Bass’s tweet was in direct response to a comment Khan made on March 25 saying Afghanistan should have an interim government to help with peace talks, although it’s unclear how that would help the situation.


That greatly angered Afghanistan’s US-allied administration, and led Kabul to pull its ambassador from Pakistan.

Bass’s tweet seemingly came in response to this last move. He was surely trying to both support Afghanistan and reprimand Khan for his comments. But some, clearly, were not happy with the way he went about doing it.

“Some Pakistanis are now angry at the Bass tweet and believe it was an inappropriate way to address Pakistan’s prime minister,” Alyssa Ayres, a Pakistan expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, told me. “That’s how you end up with the ‘pygmy’ tweet.”


To be fair, no government official would take kindly to their boss being openly rebuked by a foreigner. In that sense, then, Mazari’s comments are somewhat understandable. She also has a track record of harshly rebutting any external criticism of Pakistan, including from some human rights groups.

But the online spat may have imperiled US-Pakistani relations in the short term and Afghanistan peace talks in the long term.

Pakistan has long played a major role in the Afghanistan war, mainly by providing support to the Taliban, an Islamic insurgent group that has fought the Afghan government for nearly two decades. That makes Pakistan an important player in the Trump administration’s months-long negotiations with the Taliban to end the war and possibly bring all 14,000 US troops home.


The prospects of improved US-Pakistan ties, though, don’t look good because of President Donald Trump’s hardline approach to Pakistan.

“The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit,” Trump tweeted on January 1, his first tweet of that year. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” He later suspended up to $1.3 billion in military aid to Pakistan.

Khan was already skeptical of the United States before coming to power last summer. Trump’s earlier moves — and Bass’s undiplomatic tweet — certainly won’t help his perception.


It’s no surprise, then, that Mazari (like others in Khan’s government) harbors animosity toward the US. But calling a US ambassador a “little pygmy,” in the middle of a sensitive diplomatic negotiation, could lead to further complications.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Why a top Pakistani official called a senior US diplomat a “little pygmy” on Twitter

• 
  
  
  • By Alex Ward
  • on March 27, 2019 5:40 pm

John Bass, ambassador to Afghanistan, during his confirmation hearing on September 12, 2017, in Washington, DC.
Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
A top Pakistani official just called the US ambassador to Afghanistan a “little pygmy” on Twitter.

Her angry words, in this case, are more than just an insult: They have the potential to upend the Trump administration’s delicate, years-long efforts to reach a peace deal in Afghanistan that would it allow it to withdraw troops after nearly 20 years of war.


Here’s what happened: John Bass, America’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, tweeted early Wednesday morning directly at Pakistan’s new prime minister and former cricket star, Imran Khan, over a controversial statement he made about Afghanistan’s government.

“Some aspects of #cricket apply well in diplomacy, some do not,” he wrote, adding that it’s “important to resist temptation to ball-tamper with the #Afghanistan peace process and its internal affairs.”

Khan has yet to respond to Bass’s tweet, but Shireen Mazari, Pakistan’s human rights minister, had some choice words for the US envoy.

If you’re thinking “surely she will retract that” — no such luck. In response to criticism on Twitter, she sent out another zinger: “But seriously what diplomatic norms? US dips have been violating them all day today from Zalmay to this moron!”

So what the heck is going on here?

Why Pakistan’s human rights minister is angry at the US
The State Department declined to comment, but it seems that Bass’s tweet was in direct response to a comment Khan made on March 25 saying Afghanistan should have an interim government to help with peace talks, although it’s unclear how that would help the situation.


That greatly angered Afghanistan’s US-allied administration, and led Kabul to pull its ambassador from Pakistan.

Bass’s tweet seemingly came in response to this last move. He was surely trying to both support Afghanistan and reprimand Khan for his comments. But some, clearly, were not happy with the way he went about doing it.

“Some Pakistanis are now angry at the Bass tweet and believe it was an inappropriate way to address Pakistan’s prime minister,” Alyssa Ayres, a Pakistan expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, told me. “That’s how you end up with the ‘pygmy’ tweet.”


To be fair, no government official would take kindly to their boss being openly rebuked by a foreigner. In that sense, then, Mazari’s comments are somewhat understandable. She also has a track record of harshly rebutting any external criticism of Pakistan, including from some human rights groups.

But the online spat may have imperiled US-Pakistani relations in the short term and Afghanistan peace talks in the long term.

Pakistan has long played a major role in the Afghanistan war, mainly by providing support to the Taliban, an Islamic insurgent group that has fought the Afghan government for nearly two decades. That makes Pakistan an important player in the Trump administration’s months-long negotiations with the Taliban to end the war and possibly bring all 14,000 US troops home.


The prospects of improved US-Pakistan ties, though, don’t look good because of President Donald Trump’s hardline approach to Pakistan.

“The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit,” Trump tweeted on January 1, his first tweet of that year. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” He later suspended up to $1.3 billion in military aid to Pakistan.

Khan was already skeptical of the United States before coming to power last summer. Trump’s earlier moves — and Bass’s undiplomatic tweet — certainly won’t help his perception.


It’s no surprise, then, that Mazari (like others in Khan’s government) harbors animosity toward the US. But calling a US ambassador a “little pygmy,” in the middle of a sensitive diplomatic negotiation, could lead to further complications.

Slap the bit@h hard, they need to know their place

 

[Riz]

PTI Govt must refrain from idiocy.Mentioning of Afghanistan in IK speech was more then moronic.

We have every right to talk about what is happening in our neighborhood ... Why people like you are in panic???