General Munir’s Pakistan: Nuclear Blackmail and the Business of Chaos

Ahmad Fawad Arsala

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Pakistan’s generals have long thrived on war, chaos, and duplicity, but under General Asim Munir, the mask has slipped completely. From openly threatening nuclear annihilation, to absurdly promoting Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, to once again scheming to drag Afghanistan and the United States back into blood and corruption, Pakistan’s military establishment has shown it is not a stabilizing force but the world’s most dangerous protection racket.

Nuclear Terror Over Water

General Munir recently declared that if India proceeds with dam construction on rivers flowing into Pakistan, then as a “nuclear nation” Pakistan will “take out half the world with them.” This is not deterrence; it is blackmail at a planetary scale. To threaten billions of lives over water projects exposes the reckless desperation of a generalship that has long confused fear with legitimacy.

The White House Farce: Trump for a Nobel

Even more surreal, in a White House meeting only months ago, General Munir himself boasted that his government would nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize,. The same general who threatened nuclear catastrophe now dares to present himself as a promoter of peace. It was not diplomacy but farce, a performance so cynical it would be laughable if it were not insulting to every victim of Pakistan’s endless wars.

Afghanistan: Recycling Warlords, Recycling Corruption

Now, with the Taliban unwilling to serve as the obedient proxy Rawalpindi envisioned, Munir is turning back to the failed Afghan warlords of the past,sectarian strongmen whose corruption and brutality bled Afghanistan for decades. These are the same figures who squandered billions of dollars in U.S. and international assistance, building palaces in Dubai while leaving schools, hospitals, and entire provinces in ruins. By dusting them off and bringing them once again to Islamabad, Munir’s generals show they have no interest in stability, only in control through chaos.

The Real Game: Dragging the U.S. Back Into the Fire

The pattern is unmistakable. Just as Pakistan milked the United States for billions during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, arming both sides, harboring the Taliban while pocketing U.S. aid, Rawalpindi now seeks to repeat the cycle. By threatening India, destabilizing Afghanistan, and dangling empty gestures like a Trump Nobel nomination, Munir is trying to mire Washington once again in South Asia’s wars, where Pakistan’s generals profit while Afghans, Indians, and Americans bleed.

Merchants of Instability

General Asim Munir is not a partner in peace. He is a nuclear blackmailer, a cynical manipulator, and an architect of endless instability. Pakistan’s generals do not want resolution, they want perpetual crisis, because crisis pays. And unless the world calls their bluff, they will continue to hold millions hostage to their dangerous games.

 

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