US Asks India to Support Pakistans Anti-Terror Efforts Via The News
Is USA is asking us to support Pakistan Half hearted anti terror efforts? Or USA is asking India to support Pakistan surrender to Taliban’s efforts? In both cases India cannot support Pakistan.
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday asked India to support Pakistan’s anti-terrorism efforts as Washington acknowledged the top Pakistani leadership’s courageous steps to deal with the problem affecting the South Asian region.
“As President (Asif Ali) Zardari and the Pakistani government take courageous steps needed to confront and eliminate extremists, India and the US must work together with all our international partners to support them and facilitate democracy,” Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said.
Speaking at Washington’s Brookings Institution, the US diplomat said it is important for New Delhi to be supportive of Pakistan’s efforts. “I think it will be important for India to make clear that as Pakistan takes steps to deal with extremists on its own territory that India will be supportive of that,” Steinberg underscored.
He noted “there is obviously a complex history between the two countries but we will encourage India to see that it has a big stake in the efforts that we will be advocating to work both with Afghanistan and Pakistan.” -APP
News Desk adds: US President Barack Obama said last night that he wanted a clear “exit strategy” from Afghanistan for the US military, as he prepared to pour an extra 17,000 troops into the country.
Ekawaaz Thought: We would be happy to support Pakistan anti terror efforts but only if it is a genuine and honest one. We are not here to surrender to Taliban’s like Pakistan did in SWAT valley. If Pakistan really want support from India then she needs to show the will, start some constructive policies in order to handle terrorism and start some decisive anti terror efforts before it gets too late. So I would request Obama administration to spare us on this issue as we are not blind. We all can see what sort of anti terror efforts Pakistan has started and what Pakistan is really doing in order to clear the terrorist bases and camps based in Pakistan. We just cannot support any half hearted efforts of Pakistan, Enough is Enough……
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