U.S. National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster
H.R. McMaster held meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and military chief Qamar Javed Bajwa at which he "stressed the need to confront terrorism in all its forms," the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan said on April 18.
"The U.S. hopes Pakistani leaders will understand that it is in their interest to go after terrorist groups less selectively than they have in the past," McMaster told Afghanistan's Tolonews before his visit to the south Asia region.
"The best way to pursue their interest in the country and elsewhere is through diplomacy, not through the use of proxies and engaging violence," McMaster said.
McMaster's visit was the first high-level interaction between the United States and Pakistan since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
Sharif said he welcomed Trump's willingness to help India and Pakistan resolve their differences, particularly over the disputed Kashmir region.
While in India, McMaster discussed the situation in Afghanistan, where the White House is considering sending additional troops to help fight the Taliban.
Comment: Oh, this is rich! As a good-faith gesture, McMaster could have said something like this: "Now, listen here, guys. We're as guilty of this as you are. The U.S., after all, has a history of using terror groups as proxies, and we've been quite selective about who we've attacked in the past. Yes, it's shameful, and we deserve anything nasty you could say about us. It's all true. We deserve it. But that was the past. We've changed, we promise. We'll no longer act as ISIS's and Al-Qaeda's air force in Syria. We won't accidentally air drop supplies to ISIS in Iraq anymore. We'll stop funding and arming jihadis. All we ask is that you do the same."
But no, good luck getting McMaster to admit to any of that. It's all someone else's fault. As always.