Opinion Maker

The US, however should take cognizance that attacking Pakistan is not going to be a cakewalk. It is a nuclear weapons equipped battle hardened country which will defend itself or go down fighting. It is hoped and prayed that good sense prevails in the US administration!

By S. M. Hali

The US government has virtually read out the Miranda warning to Pakistan. Miranda is the formal warning required to be given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in a custodial situation before they are interrogated, to make the accused aware of, and remind him of his rights under the US Constitution. Admiral Mike Mullen, Leon Panetta and the White House Spokesperson have virtually issued Miranda warnings to Pakistan accusing it of supporting attacks by the Haqqani network on US targets in Afghanistan, including the September 13 assault on the US Embassy/NATO Head Quarters in Kabul. While briefing the US Senate, the Admiral categorically stated: “The Haqqani network, for one, acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan’s internal services intelligence agency.” US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told senators the presence of safe havens in Pakistan, is giving the insurgents advantages they have otherwise lost. White House spokesman Jay Carney last Friday called on Pakistan to “break any link they have” with the Haqqani terror network, blamed for attacks in Afghanistan including the recent strike on the US embassy in Kabul.