Realization dawns on the US belatedly

When the US President Donald Trump realized that it was wrong on the part of his country to patronize, protect and promote the interest of Pakistan by giving it 33 billion dollars in aid over 15 years, he began 2018 with the first tweet, giving a stringent message to it. Trump used his first tweet of 2018 to tear into Islamabad. He tweets, "The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools". "They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!" Trump's tweet rattled Pakistan so much that it summoned the US ambassador. Trump's allegation that Pak is safe havens for terrorists has upset Pakistan. The US President also appears to have felt that India was right when it called Pakistan a terrorist state. President Trump has rightly said that when the US was in the hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan, Pakistan instead of acting against them, it provided state patronage. Washington and Kabul have long accused Islamabad of supporting terror groups including the Taliban. There is no stronger proof than the presence of the US's most wanted and world's most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden in the safe haven of Pakistan. Though ultimately the US SEAL killed him in Abbottabad near Pak army's headquarters where had been living for the last ten years. Osama was ultimately killed in 2011, and till then Pak was in the good book of the US and in the denial mode about Laden’s presence on its soil. The US should have realized at that time itself that Pak cannot go against terrorism as it is its backbone. Pak army gives all kinds of patronage by putting pressure on the govt. of the country. One thing should also be kept in mind that since the inception of Pakistan, it has been under military rule for half of the period of its existence. To break the back of terror, it is utmost necessary for the US to act against Pak military. The democratically elected government in Pakistan has been the puppet in the hands of the military and whenever confrontation arose between them, the military takes no time in staging the Coup. So, with the arrival of New Year, President Trump mustn’t only tweet and lash at Pak, but he is required to take action on the ground. Pak cannot act against the Mumbai bomb blast mastermind Jamma-Ud-Dawa- boss Hafiz Sayeed nor can it do anything against LeT, JeM and others. All these terror outfits have taken strong roots in Pakistan. So, the US must not lose any time in acting against Pak for its act of promoting terror not only against India but all over the world also. Pak is a rogue state and it deserves to be treated as such. Sense cannot prevail on it. The time has come for the US to put all kinds of sanctions on Pakistan and thereby stopping all aid in the hope that it would act against terror. It will be foolery for the world to believe that Pak will act against terror. It cannot go against terror as it is its instrument of state policy. President Trump must translate his tweet against Pakistan on the ground to the world that how serious he is against terror, which is the No.1 enemy of humanity.