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Did you even read the interview?The tone seems quite qualified to me. The general doesn't say whether it's smugglers or gov't action - and my interpretation is that he thinks it's more likely to be smuggling of weapons by non-government actors and aggressive patrolling of the sort the U.S. engaged in when it was afraid of Pancho Villa - but before Pershing went chasing after him.
They are conducting intelligence operations, he said, adding that the Qods Force was playing games on both sides [of the Afghan-Pakistan border] that are very dangerous.
The Qods Force was probably doing things in Afghanistan that were getting coalition troops killed, including providing weapons to insurgents and training the Taliban, he said.
Nonetheless, the Qods Force was still a malevolent force in Afghanistan, Flynn stressed. The IRGC Qods Force is an organization that needs to be checked at the door, he said. And if the country of Iran wants to act responsibly on the world stage they need to take that organization, dismantle it and get it to quit acting like a nation-state-backed terrorist organization.
Those are some very direct accusations directed at the Iranians, nothing 'qualified' here.
Why ask us whether we can perceive such a thing when neither the US nor India have shown any indication to stop unsubstantiated blame games? Focus on the latter issue first.What makes you think you would allow yourselves to perceive such a thing when it happens? You did not even dispute my point that the Indians are (given the proofs) no more culpable than the Chinese.
About as much as India I suppose - lets see - Khalistan, the entire North East currently under the Sway of Maoists.Think carefully about this. Think about how many people who have lived under Pakistani rule choose to flee or rebel rather than submit to rule they consider unjust. Are you setting an example that would give people confidence in Pakistan's ruling class?
On the US side, the majority was able to suppress armed rebellion against slavery, segregation and racial discrimination through force - though there still have been riots.
A lot of nations have 'citizens the rebel' due to unhappiness with government policies, Pakistan is not alone here. In any case, fail to see the point of your last paragraph here.