Re: Double Tragedy: 26 + 3 zaireen killed by gunmen in Mustong, Quetta
Creating instability in Balochistan serves US a multitude of purposes. First and foremost, such instability means that Gwadar will never become functional meaning China and Pakistan will not be able to benefit from it and I am not talking about marginal gains, we are talking about trade all the way to the central asian states through Gwadar. So there’s that !! Secondly, by sustaining an insurgency in Balochistan, US will rest assured that the Iran Pakistan gas pipeline never materializes. In fact, a number of people in Pakistan are now pretty sure that the recent wave of sectarian killings in Balochistan is actually a message from USA to Iran that it should back away from the pipeline. Finally, there is of course the ultimate US objective of dividing Pakistan into “manageable” states most notably Balochistan which could then serve as a US base in the region from where USA can keep checks on China, Iran and Russia.
so there’s THAT !!!