A military man is only as good as his intelligence and the General has bad intelligence.
Boeing has expertise in aeronautical engineering not Pakistani politics.
So, I guess we can choose whether to believe General McInerney and his sources...or...?? Yours??
This guy has a reputation for credibility and has given plausible scenarios. He’s also said his Boeing sources were “covert”, which I’d take to mean other than the corporate PR flacks. Boeing is involved in many activities other than making airplanes, including supporting large scale communications networks and computer systems all around the world. Which is to say, a covert source could have access to data not available to most.
Gen McInerney is a topnotch general. I served with him years ago and he’s one of the finest general officers I have ever known. If he says something you can take it to the bank.
A Wesley Clark he’s not.