July 27: Pakistan’s obsession with India is leading it to “dig its own grave” as the ISI’s “destructive role” now stands exposed in the wake of the revelations by classified intelligence documents, a leading US legislator has said. “The ISI’s attempt to distinguish good from bad militants will spin out of control. With its obsession with India, Pakistan is digging its own grave,” Congressman Ed Royce said in the wake of WikiLeaks revelations.
“I’ve been speaking about the destructive role of Pakistan’s ISI for many, many years. I’ve read this headline before,” Mr Royce, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, said when asked about the WikiLeaks leakage.
Reacting to the WikiLeaks posting of more than 92,000 classified documents, several Congressmen condemned the release of such secret documents but expressed concern over the continued links between ISI and the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
“These leaked documents, while troubling, appear to support what I was asserting for years: the war in Afghanistan was not going well, and we needed a real strategy for success,” Senator Ike Skelton, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said.
“These leaked reports pre-date our new strategy in Afghanistan and should not be used as a measure of success or a determining factor in our continued mission there,” he said.