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Tango0123 Nov 2018 10:14 p.m. PST

….Hell.

"In the last few days the war of words between President Donald Trump and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reached unprecedented heights. Trump has declared that Pakistan has "done nothing for the United States" despite receiving aid amounting to $20 USD billion. Khan has responded by challenging what he called "Trump's false assertions" that "add insult to the injury Pakistan has suffered in U.S. War on Terror in terms of lives lost and economic costs."

This exchange has made public the tensions inherent in U.S.-Pakistan relations. The "alliance" between the two countries has rested from the very beginning on flimsy foundations. When it was forged in the 1950s, the objectives of the two allies were totally incompatible. The United States wanted to use Pakistan as a surrogate in the Cold War to contain perceived Soviet expansionism. Pakistan's main objective was to obtain sophisticated weapons from Washington to neutralize India's power superiority in South Asia…."
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