Sir: US lost its war in Korea with a loss of about 40,000 lives and more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in today’s dollar value. Then it lost war in Vietnam after losing more than one trillion dollars in today’s dollar value and almost 60,000 lives. US went into war in Iraq with a false premise that it had nuclear weapons, has so far lost two trillion dollars and 4700 lives. Again, US did not learn its lesson and now is trying to find a face-saving way out of Afghanistan after wasting almost three trillion dollars and losing 3000 of its personnel.
US was played by India most of these 17 years in Afghanistan. US thought India was there to help with the cause. However India had its own agenda and that was to spread terrorism within Pakistan, thus further destabilize the region. Now US with the help of Pakistan is now negotiating with the Taliban to find a way out of Afghanistan. Pakistan has always been saying there is only a political solution in Afghanistan, but unfortunately US was stuck on military means to resolve the issue. If you look at history, no outside power has ever won in Afghanistan militarily.
The citizens of US must keep themselves abreast of US foreign policy so they can influence their country’s policy-making in a rightful manner.
SAAD UR REHMAN
Islamabad