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US was never not cosy with pak. Otherwise ISI network would've been dismantled long ago.
US still funds Pakistan through various obscure channels as always. But the fact remains that wether it's china or the USA, they invest in projects meant to exploit pakistani resources for themselves.. just like Britishers did.

Just like Britishers " brought development" by "giving" railways to India.. USA will build the line to extract REEs etc and shop it to their country. Just like brits.

Just like what china is doing in Myanmar. What us-china backed Rwanda is doing in congo and other African Nations. But you will notice a commonality among every such project meant for extraction.. Conflict..never ending conflict.
PA will hope for some scraps to maintain its hold over pak and get some funds to operate it's network. But it will backfire as it has with their earlier decisions of selling sovereignity for funds.. more conflict in the region which will make the region more destabilizing.

It's not like MSS/China is gonna let US extract resources so easily in their own backyard. US is already battling it out with China in Myanmar over resources. As if China will let US have peacefull network in Pakistan. Then there's Taliban governed Afghanistan which is basically warlords who will have their own eyes on sweet resources.. terror, smuggling.. everything will happen even more.

For India, key will be robust industrial policy to be there and transparency in mining rights and so on, using technology to stop illegal operations like smuggling. Which is doable with the capacity we are building. Private corporates won't like too much instability either.

Rest of the things will be as they are going towards.. Intelligence agencies will have to up their game, political will to highlight 0.5 front and nip them. Pak won't have any advantage in overt operations anymore. Neither will india have the the space to get relax in covert domain even without presençe of us there
I don't care or concerns with what china & usa looting from Pakistan. But i will have concerns if PAF gets F16Blk 72 or F35, will have concerns if AIM 120D comes to PAF, will be worried if they get pariot air defense systems.
 
I don't care or concerns with what china & usa looting from Pakistan. But i will have concerns if PAF gets F16Blk 72 or F35, will have concerns if AIM 120D comes to PAF, will be worried if they get pariot air defense systems.
I can't see it, It's not in the US interest, to have Pak superior to India in weapons,

If Modi nominates Trump for the peace price, all will be forgiven, he is that shallow
 
Grab the opportunity. He can be nominated for his role in iran Israel conflict pause.
It was the Pak/IN war, Trump wanted credit for, Pak nominated him, Modi said he had nothing to do with it, That was the issue with Trump
Trump can't see consequences for his actions, of pushing India closer to China for exports, It really backfired on the US
 
It was the Pak/IN war, Trump wanted credit for, Pak nominated him, Modi said he had nothing to do with it, That was the issue with Trump
Trump can't see consequences for his actions, of pushing India closer to China for exports, It really backfired on the US
Trump is getting played by putin and Xi
 
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If you have family members that are elderly or teenagers present on X, I would advise you to get them off it for a few months or only follow/visit known accounts. There is a deluge of misinformation, disinformation, generic xenophobia, and stat falsification that is being propagated on account of Ukraine war (oil trade). Stats and figures are being skewed to portray certain countries as 'habitual' bad actors. Unfortunately, it seems talks have slowed down and it is become abundantly clear that this was bound to happen. The IB/IT and MEA are so incompetent when it comes to dealing with MAGA spin that it laughable.
 
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It was the Pak/IN war, Trump wanted credit for, Pak nominated him, Modi said he had nothing to do with it, That was the issue with Trump
Trump can't see consequences for his actions, of pushing India closer to China for exports, It really backfired on the US

If I were from the strategic side thinking in India, I would be thinking of what happens post this.

The Americans need to offer much better stuff for us to look at them. The trust is broken is a game we both can play.

Defence exercises won't stop. But you are already seeing slight movement in engine tech. The French have an opportunity to pull an AUKUS on the Americans with engine tech. Russians have cemented themselves as reliable, unless the Americans give us oil at the Russian rates.

Problem for the Americans is the harder they push allies/ friendlies away, easier it gets for China. Let me be very clear, without India or Indonesia, defence of Taiwan is not possible for the Americans. Any failure to stop or even deter it will result in collapse of the American military image.

The one thing, Americans have going for them is their consumption economy. Everybody sends stuff to them. If the purchasing power of Americans drops, that will be the end of the American prowess. No amount of tech will help. This is the single most important leverage they can play with. Not their military machine, when you go up against a China or Russia which both have the capacity to hit the American mainland.
 
Grab the opportunity. He can be nominated for his role in iran Israel conflict pause.
You know what I say we should invite him to India and give him Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhusan awards as well on top of nominating him for Nobel peace prize. That way we will get 6.9% discount on the tariffs. What do you think about my genius suggestion?
 
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“So eventually they all have to come back to the customer, because we all know eventually the customer is always right,” Lutnick said.



Fool never watched Bollywood.

This guy pretty much ensured that USA is screwed for good! There is no going back after that public statement! I am waiting for an official response to this (though I doubt that there will be any) ..
 



The best thing US can do to keep this man away from social media. His latest post on truth social looks like meltdown to me... 😂
 

Piyush Goyal has not been known for his speed in closing deals and has earned flak online for the this approach. However, expecting folks to sign deals in a span of two months is wild. Most countries are now either saying they need more time or have temporarily paused talks. There exist no deals of value on paper as of today.
he should shut his all openings and keep quite, that would help the country a lot. Every time he opens his mouth they think we are bending over.
 

“So eventually they all have to come back to the customer, because we all know eventually the customer is always right,” Lutnick said.



Fool never watched Bollywood.
problem is entirely with us, we are not giving strong signals. chinese imposed counter tariffs that brought US back to the table. boys in south block are afraid of losing their privilege. We should start by cancelling port of call agreement for US navy. Only when you kick them they will take it seriously, instead of keep hitting us until you get tired, that is not a strategy.


 
problem is entirely with us, we are not giving strong signals. chinese imposed counter tariffs that brought US back to the table. boys in south block are afraid of losing their privilege. We should start by cancelling port of call agreement for US navy. Only when you kick them they will take it seriously, instead of keep hitting us until you get tired, that is not a strategy.


No need to give any signals. Trump admin has a tendency to make an *censored* of itself.
 
If you have family members that are elderly or teenagers present on X, I would advise you to get them off it for a few months or only follow/visit known accounts. There is a deluge of misinformation, disinformation, generic xenophobia, and stat falsification that is being propagated on account of Ukraine war (oil trade). Stats and figures are being skewed to portray certain countries as 'habitual' bad actors. Unfortunately, it seems talks have slowed down and it is become abundantly clear that this was bound to happen. The IB/IT and MEA are so incompetent when it comes to dealing with MAGA spin that it laughable.
I believe these SM appas need to go and be banned for atleast couple of years or so. So, people, young people can re caliberate their minds. It's so wild out in SM that any gullible person can be sucked and brainwashed there. The misinformation regarding everything is sky high.

Time to get back to ground.
 
problem is entirely with us, we are not giving strong signals. chinese imposed counter tariffs that brought US back to the table. boys in south block are afraid of losing their privilege. We should start by cancelling port of call agreement for US navy. Only when you kick them they will take it seriously, instead of keep hitting us until you get tired, that is not a strategy.


They are waiting for india to make such moves.
Why do you think trump admin and stooges are making provoking comments everyday. They aren't doing it out of naiveity or something .

They just want a rival now.. to take some heat off them. The heat from their domestic politics. With their own right wing supporters questioning them over eipstein files, inflation etc..
Remember that mid term polls are coming. They need to shore up strength. And an India which already has a mature hinduphobic base in USA is easy target.

But once you get in war of words or tit for tat action.. they can go all out. Right now, they are the bad guys, in their own country.

And any punitive measure isn't in India's interest. We are looking for capital to come in India. And that requires a calm, certain and predictable market ecosystem. A trade war isn't that. But continuity despite trump tantrum is huge signal of stability.
Ofcourse.. we need to wait for next quarter performance before coming to conclusion if investors will pour in .

PS : my theory: That's why you see that time and time again, certain someone with different clients is trying to create all kind of "bad" environment in nation.
 
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