Prez Trump\'s tirade against Pakistan shows he suffers from "perpetual historic amnesia": Minister

Prez Trump's tirade against Pakistan shows he suffers from "perpetual historic amnesia": Minister

Press Trust of India  |  Islamabad 

Monday reacted angrily to Donald Trump's latest tirade against it for not doing "a damn thing" for in curbing terrorism, saying the US "suffers conveniently from perpetual historic amnesia!"

Human Rights Shireen Mazari's terse remarks came a day after Trump defended his administration's decision to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to for not doing enough to curb terrorism and criticised for offering a hideout to Al Qaeda in the garrison city of

The minister, known to be a hawk, in a series of tweets said that whether or Iran, US policies of "containment and isolation" do not coincide with Pakistan's strategic interests.

Mazari, a close aide of Prime Imran Khan, said Trump's latest criticism of should be a "lesson" to those Pakistani leaders who "appeased" America, especially after the 9/11 terror attacks.

"Trump's tirade against Pak & his claim that that Pak does not do 'a damn thing' for the US shd be a lesson for those Pak ldrs who kept appeasing the US esp after 9/11! The renditions; the loss of Pak lives in US WoT (war on terrorism); the free space for & other operatives; etc etc," she tweeted.

"The illegal killings by drone attacks; the list is endless but once again history shows appeasement does not work. Also, whether or Iran, US policies of containment & isolation do not coincide with Pak strategic interests," Mazari said.

In reply to another tweet calling out Trump over his remarks, Mazari said: "@realDonaldTrump suffers conveniently from perpetual historic amnesia!"

Former foreign said Pakistan continues to "pay in blood" for what it did for the USA and described the bilateral ties as a "relationship of betrayals & sanctions."

"We continue to pay in blood for what we did for USA from to fighting wars wich weren't ours. Reinvented our religion to suit US interests, destroyed our tolerant ethos, replaced it with bigotry & intolerance. A relationship of betrayals & sanctions," Asif tweeted.

Referring to bin Laden and his hideout in Abbottabad, Trump in an interview to on Sunday said, "You know, living think of this living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan in what I guess they considered a nice mansion, I don't know, I've seen nicer."

The compound was demolished shortly after forces, in a daring helicopter raid, killed bin Laden in 2011.

"But living in Pakistan right next to the military academy, everybody in Pakistan knew he was there," he added.

"And we give Pakistan USD 1.3 billion a year. ... (Laden] lived in Pakistan, we're supporting Pakistan, we're giving them USD 1.3 billion a year -- which we don't give them anymore, by the way, I ended it because they don't do anything for us, they don't do a damn thing for us," he said.

The ties between the two countries strained after Trump, while announcing his and policy in August last year, hit out at Pakistan for providing safe havens to "agents of chaos" that kill Americans in and warned that it has "much to lose" by harbouring terrorists.

In September, the cancelled USD 300 million in military aid to for not doing enough against terror groups like the Haqqani Network and active on its soil.

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First Published: Mon, November 19 2018. 16:50 IST