“So what’s up?”
“The meeting between Gulf countries and Iran scheduled for yesterday has been cancelled and…”
“How come?”
“Well a reporter asked President Trump whether he supported the meeting and he said he was happy but then referred to Israel….”
“I thought Oman cancelled it with some saying Bahrain….”
“It was a last minute cancellation and only Israel has that much clout…”
“But haven’t the Gulf countries realised that the US bases on their soil are a magnet for attack rather than a deterrence and…”
“It’s a decade long policy and it’s going to take quite some time to be revised soon. Surely we have examples of Plan A backfiring but changes take a lot longer to….”
“I reckon our Plan A would have worked if multiple hats had been, how shall I put it, retrieved and only one hat….”
“Ä hat ain’t an apple – you know one a day keeps the doctor away. Multiple hats keep the doctor happy.”
“Even if the performance….”
“Even if – an example being Ishaq Dar who has always been made of wear multiple hats and …”
“But he has done wonders as the Foreign Minister….”
“I thought that the real foreign minister was the two hatted Interior Minister though he has not yet asked for the Foreign Minister’s portfolio but hey….”
“I would urge the Prime Minister to give him what he wants, take away the Chairmanship of the Cricket Board and…”
“What about Interior? The choke points in the Blue Area are simply too many and only the influential are allowed entry and….”
“That’s not his fault. That lies with The Rana – the guy installed many a gates leading up to Blue Area and the Interior Minister closed them all and they have been closed since he got the portfolios and…”
“Is he aware of the public resentment…”
“Irrelevant –
“”I give up.”
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