Pakistan would lose any standard warfare with India, and open battle holds no positives for Islamabad, former CIA officer John Kiriakou mentioned, calling the US-Pak strategic relationship over the many years a “transactional” one. “Nothing, actually nothing good will come of an precise warfare between India and Pakistan as a result of the Pakistanis will lose… And I am not speaking about nuclear weapons, I am speaking nearly a standard warfare. And so there isn’t a profit to continually frightening Indians,” he mentioned in an interview to ANI.
Kiriakou, who spent 15 years at CIA and led counterterrorism operations in Pakistan, additionally admitted that publish 9/11 strike (adopted by the Dec 2001 Parliament assault and India-Pak standoff), US was so engaged with al-Qaida and Afghanistan that “we by no means gave two ideas to India”. The previous CIA officer additionally recalled that in his posting in Pakistan in 2002, he was unofficially advised the Pentagon exercised management over Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. He famous that views have since hardened, with Pakistani officers publicly insisting their generals retain sole management. Requested if the Individuals knowledgeable India in regards to the alleged US position, Kiriakou mentioned he doubted it.