Washington DC [US], April 2 (ANI): Retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor, a geopolitical risk advisor, rejected Pakistan’s efforts to mediate the ongoing West Asia conflict, saying he did not expect Islamabad’s involvement to produce results.
In an interview with ANI, MacGregor questioned Pakistan’s credibility as a neutral intermediary amid a confrontation involving 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 threats. He criticized Pakistan’s rhetoric toward Israel, saying, “The Pakis have promised to nuke them. What a great strategic partner.”
MacGregor also criticized what he described as Western strategic blind spots, arguing that China and Russia are often mischaracterized as hostile despite having interests in global stability and prosperity. “I think the Chinese were serious. I think they tried to offer some means of mediation. And there is a complete failure in the West to understand anything Russia or China does is considered evil, demonic. It’s not. 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 accused President Donald Trump of being “confused” and engaging in what he called the “theatre of the absurd” by making extreme threats about military action against Iran. “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 remarks followed President Trump’s address in which he warned that 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 called Tehran’s “sinister threat” to America and the world. “In the meantime, discussions are ongoing,” the President added.
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