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MPA (400+ posts)
With all this "China love in the air" I will like to remind everyone how Nations think for their own self-interest and relations can change very fast. President Mohammad Ayub Khan Visited Us in 1961 he was given a parade as welcome because the U.S needed Pakistan to align with the U.S and not the USSR and now look at Pakistan relation with the U.S.
I will put forth a few arguments I have come across and please share your thoughts as well.
1. China is giving Pakistan weapons. The U.S also gave Pakistan weapon, F-16 just to name one, but China is building j-17 and now j-20 with Pakistan, in reality, China is doing all the research and Pakistan is just putting few leggo blocks together.
2. China is giving loans to Pakistan, the U.S gave millions if not billions to Pakistan which went to politicians and Generals accounts. China is giving loans to build infrastructure, yes they are but those loans are in such high interest that Pakistan will never be able to repay them in the state Pakistan economy is in.
3. China is the enemy of India, china needs Pakistan. The U.S was enemy of USSR and they needed Pakistan as well and they used Pakistan then left it hanging in the air with the Taliban. If India decides to leave the alliance with the U.S and align its interest with China, will China still prefer Pakistan over India? Indian economy is much bigger than Pakistan economy.
Pakistan took a few advantages of the relationship with the U.S, what has Pakistan learned for it and is applying those lessons with the relationship with China?
everyone is entitled to their opinions and everyone makes their points regarding how much knowledge or experience they have, no one is Einstein not saying you can't be one if your try to be, please respect others views and opinions and let's discuss in a respectable manner!
P.S this is also the topic of discussion of youtube video I'm working on!
I will put forth a few arguments I have come across and please share your thoughts as well.
1. China is giving Pakistan weapons. The U.S also gave Pakistan weapon, F-16 just to name one, but China is building j-17 and now j-20 with Pakistan, in reality, China is doing all the research and Pakistan is just putting few leggo blocks together.
2. China is giving loans to Pakistan, the U.S gave millions if not billions to Pakistan which went to politicians and Generals accounts. China is giving loans to build infrastructure, yes they are but those loans are in such high interest that Pakistan will never be able to repay them in the state Pakistan economy is in.
3. China is the enemy of India, china needs Pakistan. The U.S was enemy of USSR and they needed Pakistan as well and they used Pakistan then left it hanging in the air with the Taliban. If India decides to leave the alliance with the U.S and align its interest with China, will China still prefer Pakistan over India? Indian economy is much bigger than Pakistan economy.
Pakistan took a few advantages of the relationship with the U.S, what has Pakistan learned for it and is applying those lessons with the relationship with China?
everyone is entitled to their opinions and everyone makes their points regarding how much knowledge or experience they have, no one is Einstein not saying you can't be one if your try to be, please respect others views and opinions and let's discuss in a respectable manner!
P.S this is also the topic of discussion of youtube video I'm working on!