The Daily PakistanPolitics Jun24, 2010

• Jun24-2010--In a move that showed that there might be resentment in the US army at a black president who seemed not to have everything under control and who was not an out and out right wing extremist control freak...Obama worried at resentment amongst his defence advisors fired afghanistan incharge general mchrystal for insidious comments about him and his vice president...Mchrystal who while moving to get things under control in afghanistan and pakistan was on the retirement trail and unlucky to be used as a pawn..Petraus who recently fainted at a senate hearing was back in charge...Obama backed out from firing defence minister Robert Gates who was also critical of his deadline to withdraw from afghanistan..Things have calmed down in the theatre somewhat as everyone prepares to play the after or the end game...Obama has been seen more as a pacifist than an aggressive overseas invader...has changed his game in the region from using force to economic incentives and sanctions..positions possibly opposed by the US army and defence ministry who would prefer the terrorism and control scenario to be accomplished..which could force the iranians to depend more on pakistan as there financial domain is threatened and border trade with pakistan remains there only option...pakistan too has some degree of control emerging over taleban actions as the army crushes areas of insurgency in the Fata...Mchrystal kept a close liason with kiani and was seen as someone who could be understood in the warlords fight in afghanistan and the karzai-pakistan tussle for greater control over each others actions...there were also some signs emerging that the US could provide more powerful weapons to pakistan to control iran and afghanistan once they leave while pushing india to a more powerful financial control status in the area...pakistan has become vulnerable in the energy field and was being seen tobe almost blackmailed by iranians into securing higher prices for electricity, gas and possibly petroleum products...iranians have been seen to be asking for dissidents who they than hanged in exchange for an expensive gas supply deal...pakistans shiite dominated government has been under pressure from the iranians and was literally forced to let the iranians mount security operations inside pakistan and provide information on dissidents...which many regard as a human rights disaster...