By legitimising Pakistan’s terror-driven military establishment with economic incentives and strategic leverage, the US and Israel are not defeating extremism — they’re bankrolling it.

Lalit Shastri

A Dangerous Bargain in the Shadows

Even if the Israelis and Americans are using Pakistanis as mercenaries, their actions merit unequivocal condemnation. By entering into covert understandings with Pakistan’s military, an institution steeped in jihadist ideology and complicit in cross-border terror, they are effectively legitimising a state that thrives on duplicity and deceit.

Rewarding the architects of terror with economic incentives is not strategy. It’s surrender disguised as diplomacy.

The hypocrisy is glaring. The same powers that once vowed to eliminate global terrorism are now rewarding one of its chief architects with economic incentives and diplomatic recognition.

The Myth of ‘Stabilisation’ in Gaza

Dressing this up as a “post-war stabilisation plan” in Gaza is a cruel irony. It is nothing less than the outsourcing of moral responsibility to a terror state.

By engaging Pakistan in Gaza under the pretext of peacekeeping, the US and Israel are feeding the same extremist ecosystem that has kept India bleeding for decades.

This isn’t a counter-terror operation — it’s a contract for chaos.

It’s not a move for peace; it’s a calculated transaction, trading conscience for convenience, morality for muscle.

The Fallout of a Cynical Alliance

This cynical bargain will deepen fissures within the Muslim world, widen the jihadi divide, and fuel a new cycle of radicalisation. It exposes the moral bankruptcy of Western strategy — where convenience trumps conscience, and the fight against terror becomes a marketplace of mercenaries.

When morality is monetised, even the war on terror loses its soul.

The End of Credibility

This is not realpolitik; it’s moral decay. When nations start cutting deals with the very forces that nurture terrorism, they not only lose credibility — they forfeit their soul.

In choosing expedience over ethics, Washington and Tel Aviv have struck a deal that will haunt the free world.