Monday, April 09, 2018

Can Bolton Toe Trump's Line on Pakistan?

Can Trump's new National Security Advisor John Bolton (replacing H R McMaster) faithfully implement Trump's policy to bring Pakistan to heel?

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/bolton-ready-take-pakistan-25270

2 comments:

nizhal yoddha said...

i don't think the yanks will ever bring pak to heel.

san said...

And yet Pak has many vulnerabilities which the Yanks can target. Even if not brought to heel, they can be brought to an intolerable state of misery that will leave any military govt in a precarious state.

http://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/us-imposes-humiliating-restriction-on-pak-envoys-limits-travel-beyond-25-km-reports/215963

Pakistan is clearly punching above its weight, and will have to bear the pain from it.