Benjamin Norton: 'Washington helped organize a campaign pressuring opposition lawmakers to oust Khan with a no-confidence vote. It's very similar to the US-backed soft coup in Brazil in 2016...
'This is important analysis from a brilliant Indian geopolitical analyst and former diplomat: "Regime change pulls Pakistan back into US orbit"
Imran Khan was much too independent for Washington, and improved relations with Russia and Iran, angering the US
Another factor in the US-backed coup in Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan called for Washington to lift its illegal, murderous sanctions on Iran
He also was very close to Communist China, improved relations with Russia, and refused to play ball with Israel
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan spent years protesting the US so-called "war on terror"
He said Pakistan joining this war was a "self-inflicted wound" and was motivated by money, not the interest of the Pakistani public