Shahzad Masood Roomi
Afghanistan proved strategic black hole for
British and Soviet empires in 19th and 20th centuries and
it looks like that after the destruction of two former superpowers, the US is
going to vanish in this black hole in 21st century. But this time
around the war has very distinctive and unique dynamics than any other previous
attempts to capture this land lock country.
Pakistan,
along with many other Muslim World countries is faced with sub-conventional
security threats. The covert war is not hypothetical anymore.
The objective of
this imposed war is to make Pakistan a dysfunctional state first, denuclearize
it in the second phase and then move towards the final balkanization and dismemberment.
The threat Pakistan faces today is existential! Pakistan faces a genuine, real
and close threat to its very survival in a very hostile regional environment.