Just a few months ago I had written India in 2024 may find itself in a tight spot ; https://www.bharatamrising.com/latest-in-geo-strategy/india-in-2024-may-find-itself-in-a-tight-spot

US manipulated the Pakistani establishment and got Imran Khan out of the way, sent  Ilhan Omar, a senator from Biden’s Democratic Party, who visited POK and after her visit said "Kashmir should get more attention from the United States." Thereafter, US invited Bilal Bhutto , the young foreign minister of Pakistan to US where he met the US Secy of States, Mr Blinken when the Indian PM was busy in Quad summit at Tokyo. Then came the news that Pakistan has met all the conditions of The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will probably be out of the Grey list and then it follows it up with the F 16 deal, wherein, US will be supplying F 16s , which they claimed is being done to bolster Pakistan’s ability for counter terrorism.

Dr Jaishankar , the Indian foreign minister on his visit to US very rightly answered when asked by a reporter about US selling the F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan to meet its current and future counterterrorism threats.

He said ' For someone to say I am doing this because it is all counter-terrorism content and so when you are talking of an aircraft like a capability of an F-16 where everybody knows, you know where they are deployed and their use. You are not fooling anybody by saying these things."

Thereafter, when asked about the US-Pakistan relationship he once again without mincing his words said "Very honestly, it's a relationship that has neither ended up serving Pakistan well, nor serving the American interests. So, it is really for the United States today to reflect on what the merits of this relationship are and what do they get by it."

The International politics is fluid and its all about National interests - today you might be a center of attraction but tomorrow you may become redundant. What counts therefore in the long run is; How is your country performing.

If we do well, there is no fear, let US bloody give F 16s or any war machine to Pakistan and let any senator visit Pakistan and rake up any issue , however, if you are not performing then all this hurts.