Originally posted by Tronic
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Moreover, Pakistan's economic upswings have also only come at a time of increased US aid to the country.
That's fine. Make that argument from the Pakistani POV; it doesn't explain why others do not trust Pakistan, and that is only due to it's close association with the enemy.
Glad you admit it. So why whine about "prejudices and biases" against Pakistan, when even you admit that Pakistan and the rest sit on two opposite sides of the fence?
As for India getting an NSG exemption; Pakistan is not India, nor did India have an AQ Khan.
The fact is the bolded bit. The rest is nothing but your own spin on the fact and your personal opinion. Although I must say, it is amusing to see you stretching this from "Pakistani government complicity" (which even I do not believe) to "Pakistani institutional complicity" to cover the posterior of the army.
The fact is that the lack of any evidence implicating Pakistani institutions has been consistently pointed out by US Officials:
Panetta:
"I don't have any hard evidence, so I can't say it for a fact. There's nothing that proves the case. But as I said, my personal view is that somebody somewhere probably had that knowledge," Panetta says.
Panetta on bin Laden's hideout: Someone had to know - CBS News
and:
Clinton:
“We have never been able to prove that anyone at the upper levels knew that,” the US Secretary of State said.
“When I first went to Pakistan as Secretary in 2009 that I found it impossible to believe that somebody in their government didn’t know where he was, and I still believe that. That he took up residence and built this huge compound in a military garrison town,” Clinton said.
“But to be fair, we have no evidence.”
“I have no reason to believe that the civilian government knew anything,” she said before adding that the answer perhaps lay with lower level military and intelligence officials. “So who was in what level of responsibility in the military or the ISI, whether they were active or retired, because we do know that there are links to retired members, but we’ve never been able to close that loop,” the Secretary of State said.
Not in US interests to cut off relations with Pakistan: Clinton – The Express Tribune
The continued insistence by commentators on this board, and others like them elsewhere, is similar to the insistence by some that the 9/11 attacks were the result of a CIA/Mossad conspiracy ... some of the arguments on that side of the conspiracy nut spectrum are similar to the ones being made here, 'so what if there is absolutely no evidence showing CIA/Mossad complicity in the 9/11 attacks, that does not mean they are not guilty, it just means there is no evidence proving their guilt' - sound familiar Tronic?
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