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Mattis, who left the Trump administration in January, also slammed Pakistan's obsession with India, saying it "views all geopolitics through the prism of its hostility toward India" and that has also shaped their policy on Afghanistan as "the Pakistan military wanted a friendly government in Kabul that was resistant to Indian influence".
He has long years of experience dealing with Pakistan and South Asia, first as a top US Marine Corps commandeer in Afghanistan, head of US central command and then as secretary of defense.
"Of all the countries I've dealt with, I consider Pakistan to be the most dangerous, because of the radicalization of its society and the availability of nuclear weapons," Mattis has written in "Call Sign Chaos", an autobiography that hit the stands Tuesday. "The result would be disastrous." Pakistan has the world's fastest growing nuclear arsenal, with a substantial quantities of tactical weapons that its leaders have publicly boasted about, including a member or Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet recently. And Mattis writes, echoing a longstanding US concern, "We can't have the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal in the world falling into the hands of the terrorists breeding in their midst."
Comment: No, we can't have that. Mattis isn't exactly wrong about Pakistan as a hub for radicalization. But what he neglects to mention is the cozy relationship the CIA has had with the ISI - and the fact that the U.S. has supported, and continues to support, those very terrorists Mattis is so worried about. The U.S., Israel, UK, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan - all have had a hand in creating the world of terrorism we live in today. And the crazy thing is, in their minds, they're the ones who should be given the task of fighting those very terrorists. Why should we trust them, especially given the following revelations? See: 'It's a tip of an iceberg': Bulgarian journo reveals how US-purchased arms end up with ISIS in Yemen
Comment: This story is bigger than Iran-Contra, but the mainstream media aren't touching it with a ten-foot pole. Gaytandzhieva has uncovered that the U.S. is diverting weapons to al-Qaeda and ISIS - the very terrorists who are supposed to have been the target of the war on terror for the past 18 years. And they're doing so "for the needs of the U.S. government." Just let that sink in. SOTT has been saying this for as long as they've been doing it - but Gaytandzhieva has uncovered the proof. So naturally, the MSM must not cover it at all. That would necessitate some heads to roll - probably an uncomfortably large number, including some at the very top of the U.S. power structure. And that can never happen.
See the full reports:
- US Task Force Smoking Gun smuggles weapons to Syria: Serbia files (part 2)
- Islamic State Weapons in Yemen Traced Back to US Government: Serbia Files (part 1)
And Gaytandzhieva's previous investigative work: