As I said, you have no possible way of knowing that. And like I told you before, the first suicide bombing Pakistan faced inside the country was after 2004, when the US had already pushed Al-Qaeda terrorists inside Pakistani territory. I am very optimistic that this will all come to an end when this WOT is over.
No, it's good for Pakistan as well, of course. It presents several challenges as well though.
TRUE. In the past, there are also more convenient ways for China to get energy, e.g. from Russia. However, Russia government played double-faced games with China and kept breaking promises. So China finds other options as well. Honestly, I think India has been played and cheated by Russia for its carrier built by Russia. China is smarter enough to not be trapped in the similar situation. About whether Al-Qaeda terrorists inside Pakistani territory will end their terrorists activities, I think you are just too optimistic. U.S. withdraws from Iraq, but I do not think those Al-Qaeda terrorists have left either.
The first trip Kissinger made to China was in September 1970 through Pakistan's insistence, when the US was a huge superpower, when the collapse of the Soviet Union was not anywhere in sight. At the time, it was Pakistan that stood up for China, & made its presence known in the world.
For this part of history, you seriously think Pakistans insistence made U.S. decide to establish normal relationship with China??? After the defeat in korean war and eminent defeat in Vietnam war, U.S. power has been shadowed by the ever-present U.S.S.R challenge. U.S. need find a major country to counter-balance U.S.S.R. seemingly global dominance then. When China fought Russia over border at Treasure Island in the end of 1960s, U.S. saw such a great opportunity to get China closer to U.S., far away from Russia. It is U.S. immediate interest to establish normal relation with China to fight Russias global dominance scheme and U.S. need keep China in its side since it has already been bitten twice in Korean war and Vietnam war already. Pakistan indeed played an important role in establishment of normal relationship between the two. However, your indication that without Pakistan, China and U.S. would not establish normal relationship is simply exaggeration. The return to normal relationship for U.S. and China is historically inevitable. As I have said, if Pakistan had not played that role, there will be another country that would have. Of course, I am glad Pakistan did.
Tell me which country would have marketed China to the US, that was favorable in the eyes of the US in 1970. Japan? No. Anyone else?
Possible candidates: Myanmar, France, maybe U.K., or certain African countries or certain other European countries that has normal relationship with both countries.
Pakistan is well aware of it, which is why it is trying to end this WOT asap, because it (the WOT) is further worsening the situation of the region. But it looks like the WOT is coming to a close, & don't be surprised to see things go pretty much back to normal again.
I don't think it is a concern, because most of the international AQ terrorist network is in Kunar, Nuristan Afghanistan; not Pakistan. Pakistan only has 'local' Pashtun groups that don't follow the same ideology, or have the same traditions as the Muslims in Xinjiang. Meaning they won't get along with them. Pakistan's Pashtun groups are more allied on the basis of tribal affiliations than they are with anything else. Everyone hates the other few AQ terrorists & their affiliates, & they are being fought against everyday. China should be afraid of the AQ terrorists & their affiliates with respect to Xinjiang, even the US is now in peace treaties with the local Pashtun groups in Afghanistan. China does not need to be wary of them.
The reason why AQ terrorists was so hard to get rid of is that they do not have a central leadership like a government. They are loosely connected terrorists organizations. There are no central locations for them as well. They indeed follow similar ideology: one of them is to get rid of those non-believers (heretics) and establish an islam empire. You did not know AQs four principal enemies of islam??? The other three are: shia muslim, America and Israel.
But none of them is as convenient & efficient as this, as well as the most cost effective way as this.
Of course we know that. However, it may be most cost effective. If it creates too much trouble, China has to find other options and China will for sure.
Of course it will.
There are some separatists inside Pakistan in Balochistan that don't want China exploiting their resources. These separatists are funded from Afghanistan. There is also the international coverage & negative image given to Pakistan from the international media on this.
I heard about that as well. As I have said, if Pakistan objects to that, China will for sure abide by.
Yes, China has stood up more times for Pakistan than vice versa, & Pakistan is eternally grateful to China for that. Pakistan has never considered "Standing up for China has been detrimental to Pakistan", & in fact, no Pakistani has ever thought that, including me. But you probably do think the vice versa is true, even though most Chinese people don't think that.
Please do not indicate those on my head. I have not thought so and that is why I said China stood up for Pakistan without considering that that much. I wrote those simply replying your comments, you forgot what you have written??? Let me remind you of YOUR words:
Pakistan also brought China to the international scene with Kissinger's trip to China, when China was renowned mainly for human rights violations & Communism. Standing up for China then could have been detrimental for Pakistan's interests as well. Pakistan's projects with China to facilitate the energy corridor is already bringing a negative image for Pakistan from the international world.
