In the 1950s, Pakistan joined SEATO and CENTO.
SEATO gave us a seat beside big powers. CENTO brought many cents of US aid—but neither gave us dependable security. The risks ultimately exceeded the rewards.
Now we have joined the Pakistan–Türkiye–Saudi pact: PTS—which is not even a proper acronym.
If Egypt joins, it will become the (Trump)-PETS Pact. If Syria, which was informally very active in last NATO mtg, follows, it will be the (Trump)-PESTS PACT—both names reflective of their autocratic regimes rather than their peoples or countries.
But the risks may again exceed the rewards: entanglement in other states’ wars without assured protection against Pakistan’s own threats.
The pact the region actually needs is one capable of restraining US–Israeli aggression: Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, Türkiye and Yemen--The PIETY Pact—a better acronym; a better purpose.
@aravind Nothing wrong with that. That's the story of every AI company, including GitHub Copilot (American co.), which has been trained on code written by programmers from every part of the world.
@sabeer Many NRIs are equally, or even more, critical of India and politics and all the bad things, but this borderline psychotic obsession with India is pathetic - when you don't even live or vote there.
The thing that bothers you is that the image of India is attached to your identity
@gopal_div@Savsays@TPUSA The point is too many retarded dehati Indians have snuck into the West. These dehatis bring nothing but shame and embarrassment to the Indian community