Quote of the week..

US President Barack Obama

Pakistan has been very obsessed with India. They see that as their existential threat. I think that’s a mistake

There is one more (emphasis added)..

Our job is to secure the United States. We are very respectful of the sovereignty of Pakistan. But we cannot allow someone who is actively planning to kill our people..we can’t allow those kind of active plans to come to fruition without us taking some action.

Past quotes are here.. Image courtesy: WhiteHouse

B Shantanu

Political Activist, Blogger, Advisor to start-ups, Seed investor. One time VC and ex-Diplomat. Failed mushroom farmer; ex Radio Jockey. Currently involved in Reclaiming India - One Step at a Time.

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3 Responses

  1. bhuvan says:

    Writing in a jiffy (couldn’t resist it). Glad you didn’t miss this one. Will revert soon. Take a raincheck on this and your previous post. Wish the day was longer than 24 hours!

  2. twistleton says:

    Be that as it may, India is the country that Pak remains obsessed with, no on else has that dubious honour. Pakistan and India have history, bloody history. Doesn’t that complicate the situation just a leetle bit? 🙂 Joined at the hip as we are, the boomerang effect won’t take even as long as 9/11.

    If only it weren’t for stupid Army Chiefs shooting their mouths off.

    We can’t just saunter in like the US. The Pak army top brass is just itching to have a go. We can’t let tham have that satisfaction.

    Remember Pak ain’t signed no NFU…

  3. G says:

    After many decades this is a welcome step in the right direction. But it’s only a step. U.S. still continues to prevaricate and confabulate. When all four wars between India and Pakistan have been initiated by the latter what is the basis for entertaining the false notion that Pakistan views India as an existential threat. The obvious truth of the matter, which even Obama surely knows, is that Pakistan’s so-called obsession has nothing to do with threat perception and everything to do with a genocidal hatred of its neighbor. It is Pakistan that is an existential threat to India and as long as it remains united in hatred will never cease to hurl itself against India in a suicidal frenzy of destruction.