Both US and Pakistan and going through the ‘Phase of ambivalence.’ The effort to manipulate International relations is getting challenged as both the countries are openly playing the blame game.
The members of the Congress are demanding the White House to cut down aids sent to Pakistan after the 2nd May killing of Osama bin Laden.
Dianne Feinstein, US Senator, officialy stated that Osama could not have survived in Abbottabad without Pakistan government being involved in a complicity.
Pakistan is the 3rd largest recepient of US aid. It has already been provided with £900m for this year and the next. Apart from Pakistan, only Israel and Afghanistan receive more aid.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has been complaining against US policy of unilateralism, causing prickly ties between the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI).
‘US can meet Osama’s family’
Thomas E. Donilon, the US national security advisor had demanded the Pakistani government to talk to Osama’s wife and family on a national television.
Initially, the Pakistan government had stated that since US had intervened with their sense of sovereignity, therefore, any form of communication in between the US and Osama’s family will not be entertained untill a written request is forwarded by the White House.
Interestingly, twisting from the above mentioned statement, Pakistan has now agreed to let Obama administration talk with the 15-17 people who are under its custody after the raid at Osama’s compound by the US navy SEAL.
The family members include three widows and several children.
‘No pressure on Pakistan’
Trying to hide the growing strain between US and Pakistan relationships, Jay Carney, the WhiteHouse spokesperson has stated that it is important to co-operate with Pakistan.
Though, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani states that the allegations of Pakistani incompetence and complicity are ‘absurd’
Recently, even the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen had a conversation with Pakistan’s General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The communication has been termed as ‘simple and sober’ as Mike Mullen understood what the General was going through.
The White House has also voiced that putting pressure on Pakistan would jeopardise US-Afghanistan relations also.
‘Greater force for killing Osama’
The US navy SEAL team witnessed an increase in military officers and helicopters around ten days before as president Obama did not want to take any chance to get Osama bin Laden.
Also, there were 2 specialist teams already stationed at the air craft carrier called Carl Vinson located in the Arabian Sea who were ordered to bury Osama after carrying the forensic testing. The other team involved translators, interrogators and lawyers to face the situation if Osama was captured alive.
There was no previous plan to contact the Pakistan government, in both these cases.
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