On Motives and Objectives

Spearhead Research

'What country can do more for your peace?' implored Gillani's 9/11 condolence to the US in Wall Street Journal.

Ever since Obama's intermittent resolution to withdraw 33000 troops from Afghanistan and launch operation end game, we witnessed feverish attempts to 'right' the war narrative. It began with Bin Laden's assassination, which was viewed as a stab in the back by Pakistan and set the stage for an eventual future disconnect for the US vis-à-vis Pakistan. Attacks in Kabul: on the hospital in May, the hotel in June and recently the US embassy and NATO's headquarters in September, carried out swiftly and adroitly right inside 'the ring of steel' put all that victory propaganda effort in jeopardy. Small but significant tactical 'wins' for Taliban thus created the need for a new narrative to the salvage the chipping of America's tenuous sense of security.

The US top brass once again found itself making headlines by accusing Pakistan's Intelligence agency of aiding, protecting and facilitating the Haqqani Network. While Pakistan has strongly denied such allegations, the United States is bent on defaming the agency by implicating its complicity with the Quetta Shura Taliban and the Haqqani Network. Admiral Mullen's caustic remarks about ISI's involvement in the attacks and claims about the Haqqani Network functioning as a 'veritable arm of ISI', birthed America's new bogeyman- Pakistan.

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