As the end of the year approached, the smell of gunpowder in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict became stronger and stronger, and another bombshell was dropped in the middle of the night on December 14, and Hamas issued a seven-point statement to the world. The first of these points clearly states that "on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian resistance, we reaffirm our commitment to continue the resistance until the end of the Israeli occupation".
It can be seen from this that the dispute between Palestine and Israel will not stop for a while and a half, and at a time when the Palestinians and Israelis are fighting fiercely, new developments have also been reported between the United States and Pakistan. According to US media reports, experts said that Pakistan Army Chief of Staff Asim Munir tried to convince US security and defense officials that groups such as "Bata" pose a threat not only to Pakistan, but also to US and global security.
On December 13, Munir also met with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lawsd Austin to discuss "recent regional security developments and potential areas for bilateral defense cooperation." The anti-terrorism cooperation between the United States and Pakistan has a long history, dating back to 2001, when the two countries also signed the Declaration on Anti-Terrorism Cooperation.
However, in many cases, the United States has served its own military strategy in the name of counter-terrorism, abused the alliance it formed with Pakistan in counter-terrorism, completely disregarded Pakistan's security demands, and repeatedly carried out cross-border drone attacks to undermine Pakistan's sovereignty. Therefore, it is somewhat surprising that Pakistan has now proposed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation with the United States.
There is no wind and no waves, there are three purposes here, first, Pakistan's Taliban armed resistance is the Pakistani government army and Chinese enterprises, but Pakistan does not ask for Chinese military assistance, China is also a military drone power, Pakistan instead asked American drones to help fight the Taliban, which is indeed somewhat abnormal, which is equivalent to Americans to help protect Pakistan's Chinese company investment, Chinese do not have to be responsible for themselves, just make money.
Second, Pakistan is giving the Americans this proposal at this time because it wants the United States to distract its military power and distract its attention from the Middle East and East Asia. Now that there are more and more hot spots, Pakistan is joining in the excitement at this time, and it is not normal to increase the demand.
Third, Pakistan is an ally of the United States in counter-terrorism, and strengthening anti-terrorism cooperation between the two sides is conducive to enhancing Pakistan's status. However, the White House reacted lukewarmly to Basstan's request. Although U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West mentioned in his conversation with Munir that the U.S. will support Pakistan in its fight against terrorists, it does not seem to intend to take action, and on December 11, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters that "the United States clearly supports a diplomatic resolution of all the different issues between the two countries regarding Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan." On December 13, Miller mentioned that the focus of U.S. funding for Pakistan's counterterrorism is on law enforcement and justice.
The Pakistani government, which is anxious to maintain stability, believes that there are many hiding places in Pakistan on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, so the Pakistani side also made a request, hoping that the Afghan Taliban can cooperate with the investigation and hand over the murderer to the Pakistani side. But Atta immediately refuted Pakistan's accusations, and was very dissatisfied with Pakistan's statement that Atta supported Bata, and the two countries formed a bond in this way, but this did not make Pakistan give up, so there was also a visit to the United States by Munir.
However, judging from the current news, Munir's trip did not have the expected effect. In fact, Pakistani officials have doubts about Atta, and believe that the current security situation on the Pakistani side is becoming more severe and has a lot to do with Atta's coming to power, because Bata and Atta have indeed had close contacts, and the relationship is unclear, which will inevitably make the Pakistani government blame Atta for the terrorist attack.
It can be seen from this that the contradictions between the two countries on the issue of Bata have been backlogged for a long time, and now they have only reached a breaking point and been released. In fact, the neighboring countries all hope that after Afghanistan comes out of the war, it can develop steadily, maintain a stable security situation, and prevent extremism from breeding ground, and the Afghan interim government also emphasized this point at the beginning of its tenure.
After all, past examples have proven that allowing the United States to intervene will only become more and more smeared, and it will be difficult to get good results, and the hidden dangers in the region will only become more and more complicated, and the problems will only become more and more complicated. The once prosperous Afghanistan was turned into a mess by the United States, which made the United States avoid, and now it is difficult to move away from the United States, so that Afghanistan has gained some peace, if it happens again, then the nightmare will have to be repeated again, Pakistan's actions are indeed inappropriate, and will give the United States a chance to intervene, after all, when the United States needs it, it is very likely that it will end up again to disrupt the situation.
It is true that the United States is an ally of Pakistan and is helping Pakistan to fight terrorism, and when there is a problem, it is reasonable to ask for help from the United States, and this dependence on the United States is caused by various reasons, and the outside world is not easy to evaluate. However, Pakistan should not regard the United States as its sole reliance, the international community attaches great importance to counter-terrorism, Pakistan is still a member of the SCO, and Pakistan does not have only one choice in front of it.
Even if the United States is willing to help Pakistan, it will only stop the bleeding in the short term and provide some weapons, but it will not think about how to curb the source of terrorist activities. Moreover, the United States' "double standard" in counter-terrorism has long been well known, and all kinds of fingers are pointing at the deer as horses, and if Pakistan falls into the trap of the United States' "anti-terrorism", then it will only gain more than it loses.