{"id":355666,"date":"2025-08-12T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=355666"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:36:47","slug":"ex-pentagon-official-calls-asim-munir-osama-in-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/ex-pentagon-official-calls-asim-munir-osama-in-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pentagon official calls Asim Munir \u201cOsama in suit\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/Pakistan-Army-Chief-General-Asim-Munir-has-once-again-emphasized-Islamabads-long-standing-stance-on-Kashmir-calling-it-the-countrys-jugular-vein..jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353389\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin slammed Pakistan army chief Asim Munir over his recent nuclear rhetoric, saying that Islamabad was behaving like \u201ca rogue state\u201d with the war mongering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to a news agency, Rubin compared Munir with Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist behind the 9\/11 attack and said that threats on American soil were unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remarks came after Field Marshal Asim Munir threatened that if Pakistan \u201cgoes down\u201d, it would take half the world down with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comments were reportedly made during a meeting in Tampa, Florida, in the presence of US military officials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPakistan&#8217;s threats on American soil are completely unacceptable,\u201d Rubin said in an interview with the news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmericans look at terrorism through the lens of grievance&#8230;They don&#8217;t understand the ideological underpinnings of many terrorists. Asim Munir is Osama bin Laden in a suit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubin further noted that Munir&#8217;s remarks are raising questions in many people&#8217;s minds about whether Pakistan can fulfil the responsibilities of being a state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Field Marshal\u2019s rhetoric is reminiscent of what we&#8217;ve heard from the Islamic State,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier India slammed Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for his latest remarks on Islamabad\u2019s \u201cnuclear prowess,\u201d asserting that New Delhi would not yield to \u201cnuclear blackmail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal urged the international community to note the \u201cirresponsibility emanating from such threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndia has made it clear it will not give in to nuclear blackmail. We will continue all necessary steps to safeguard our national security\u2026 Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan\u2019s stock-in-trade,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin slammed Pakistan army chief Asim Munir over his recent nuclear rhetoric, saying that Islamabad was behaving like \u201ca rogue state\u201d with the war mongering. Speaking to a news agency, Rubin compared Munir with Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist behind the 9\/11 attack and said that threats on American soil were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":353389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15084],"tags":[16061,16187,16107],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355670,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355666\/revisions\/355670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}