ISLAMABAD: A former CIA official has said Pakistan is probably the most dangerous country for the world as it is ripe with threats of terrorism, a failing economy and the fastest growing nuclear arsenal.
A former CIA official has termed Pakistan as ‘probably the most dangerous country for the world’ as it is facing a triple terrorism threat,
“While Pakistan is not the most dangerous country in the world, it is probably the most dangerous country for the world, and as such, a serious case for close and continued US engagement with Pakistan can be made,” Kevin Hulbert, a former top intelligence officer who retired in June 2014 , wrote in an op-ed in The Cipher Brief.
Hulbert has served multiple overseas tours as CIA chief of station and deputy chief of station.
“As a country ripe with the triple threat of terrorism, a failing economy, and the fastest growing nuclear arsenal, Pakistan has the potential to create more nightmare scenarios for US policymakers than any other country,” Hulbert said.
He further said, “Like it or not, Pakistan is similar to a bank or company considered too big to let fail because of the ripple effect it might cause across the entire economy.”
“Rather than risk it, and as much as we might like to move on, we really should increase the level of engagement with Pakistan, not decrease it.”
Hulbert said many of the trend lines in Pakistan now seem to be “moving in the wrong direction.”
“For years, Pakistan felt justified in its use of t militias to attack India in a war of attrition,” he continued.
Today, Pakistan finds itself in a very complicated security situation where there is little differentiation among radical groups, he noted.
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