Washington DC, April 2 (ANI) — Retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor, a geopolitical risk advisor, dismissed Pakistan’s attempt to mediate the ongoing West Asia crisis, saying he did not expect Islamabad’s involvement to produce any substantive results.
In an interview with ANI, MacGregor questioned Pakistan’s credibility as a neutral intermediary in a confrontation that involves the United States, Israel and Iran. “I don’t think it’s going to lead anywhere,” he said, adding that Israelis have little reason to trust Pakistan given past hostile rhetoric. He criticized Islamabad’s statements toward Israel, noting that Pakistan has previously made threats that undercut its standing as a strategic partner.
MacGregor also faulted what he described as Western strategic blind spots, arguing that China and Russia are too often painted as inherently hostile despite having an interest in global stability and economic prosperity. “I think the Chinese were serious. I think they tried to offer some means of mediation,” he said, and added there is a failure in the West to view actions by Russia or China as anything other than malign. “They are just as concerned as you and I and millions of other people all over the world about business, about the economy, about stability and prosperity,” he said.
Turning to US leadership, MacGregor sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s public rhetoric on Iran, accusing him of being “confused” and staging what he called the “theatre of the absurd” with extreme threats of military action. “We’ve got a president that has just lost the plot. He’s confused. And I think he’s now enamoured of his position as commander-in-chief, and that’s why he makes these outrageous statements about bombing somebody in the Stone Age,” MacGregor said. “This kind of talk, it’s not just impolite and ill-advised. It’s the theatre of the absurd. Makes us look like clowns.”
Those comments followed President Trump’s address in which he warned Iran could be struck so hard it would be taken “back to the Stone Age.” Trump said the US might hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two to three weeks and claimed US actions were “on the cusp” of ending what he described as Tehran’s “sinister threat” to America and the world. “In the meantime, discussions are ongoing,” the President added.
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