When Pakistan’s top military leader, Field Marshal Asif Munir, stood on US soil and said, “We’re a nuclear nation, and if we’re going down, we’ll take half the world with us,” it wasn’t just talk. It was a deliberate threat to the entire world.
He didn’t stop there. Munir also warned that Pakistan would destroy any dams India builds. This isn’t just a verbal jab — it’s a direct attack on the Indus Waters Treaty, a rare agreement that has kept India and Pakistan working together on water issues, even during wars. Threatening to blow up dams is like weaponizing water, and the world needs to call it out.
Instead of making apocalyptic threats, Pakistan should focus on shutting down the terrorist networks it supports. These groups, trained and funded on Pakistani soil, spread chaos, including in India. The same land that once hid Osama bin Laden is now being used to threaten the world with nuclear weapons.
If Pakistan feels threatened, it should talk, not destroy. And if it thinks it can act this way because the US has its back, then America is making a dangerous mistake. We’ve seen this before — during the Cold War, the US backed extremists in Afghanistan for short-term wins, and it led to the horror of 9/11.
This isn’t just a problem for India or the region. When a country’s top general threatens to wipe out half the world, it’s a global alarm bell. The US, as a leader in keeping the world safe, must make it clear that nuclear threats — whether from North Korea, Russia, or Pakistan — are unacceptable. Staying silent is like saying it’s okay, and that’s a step toward disaster. History shows that ignoring extremists for political gain always ends badly. This time, with nuclear weapons in play, the stakes are far higher.