johneeG wrote:US should have invaded Pakistan instead of Afghanistan in the first place if it was really all about Osama. Atleast, there should have been sanctions. But, no such thing happened even when they themselves are saying that Osama was located in Pakistan. And then, they are giving them money and weapons. Other countries have been invaded and sanctioned for far less than this.
Could have, should have, if wishes were horses...
Pakistan was
already under sanctions in 2001. And at that point, they had no incentive to invade Pakistan. (And had they tried it, it would have turned into a far far bigger quagmire than Iraq.)
And if US was really tired of war, then they wouldn't be creating fires in Syria and Ukraine.
One may equally argue that Ukraine would've been at peace today if Yanukovich had signed the association agreement with the EU, something that had the support of a significant majority of its public.
In any case, there is no US troop presence in Ukraine. And US operations in Iraq & Syria have resulted in lost zero combat casualties so far. Its no Afghanistan.
Anyway, I am not even talking about direct invasion of Pakistan. If US had diverted all these billions and weapons to some other entity(like say Balochistan Liberation Army), then Pakistan would have splintered and the logistics secured. So, US doesn't even have to invade Pakistan. They can just use the money and weapons to create rebels who can break Pakistan apart. We are talking of billions of dollars and weapons like F16.
That's wishful thinking. The US didn't enter the region to take down Pakistan, or even the Taliban for that matter. The target was always the Al Qaeda, at least to begin with.
Besides which a nuclear power in a state of civil war is something they'd want to avoid as a principle (India's position isn't very different truth be told). Honestly.. you're just wishing that the US had done what India did not or could not. Unfortunately, fact is, this is
our neighbourhood not theirs; the US has no real geopolitical interest in Afghanistan (anymore than they have in say.. Mongolia).