Ostrich like Pakistan and Blinkered USA
Our friendly neighbour Pakistan has started to play the same old games. First say yes, then no and then completely obfuscate issues. We have had the USA financing a bankrupt - politically as well as financially - Pakistan for the past several years under the guise of "Fight against Terror". The question, unfortunately from the US perspective has always been "my terror" and "your's is something less than the real thing"! So unless there is a direct attack on the US or it's citizens any kind of terrorist activity anywhere in the world has not got the kind of attention and support in tackling it that it would otherwise deserve. On 26/11 some US citizens were also killed along with some other nationalities, hence their interest in finding out who is behind these attacks.
In spite of sufficient proof, we have the US politicians playing cuckoo over whether the perpetrators were from Pakistan or not. What kind of double standards does the US follow! The Pakistanis are now saying that these guys are not their citizens at all, that too after the world and Pakistani press has gone to Kasab's village and his father has confirmed to the world media that the person involved is his son. Now it is reported that the entire village has been taken over by secret service people, and that Kasab's family does not exist. I think this game of obfuscation of facts has gone on for too long, with unwarranted support from the US. Are these guys really waiting for the next attack to happen in some other country before they come to their senses? Is it not time to take action against a completely failed state and rein in the ISI, which is a law unto itself with no Government or public oversight?
Probably the Pakistan Government has no control over the ISI as it is financially independent, running a global drug smuggling,extortion and terror racket using Dawood Ibrahim, who has been probably given shelter on the pre-condition that he can stay under Pakistan's protection as long as he keeps financing ISI's global black operations!
The United Nations in tandem with the US should put pressure on Pakistan to stop their ostrich like behaviour and accept the fact that rogue elements in ISI are running the terror training camps and ensure that the same are dismantled. If within a given time frame the above objective is not achieved then it should be made amply clear that funding under the guise of economic development would stop completely. Once, the free lunch to which Pakistan has now got accustomed, that too by holding out the threat that their nuclear assets could fall into rogue hands if they don't get money, then maybe the sane elements in Pakistan could come round to doing the right thing. Believe me, no one wants an unstable neighbour. If your neighbour is sane and rational, then it is good for business, and for taking the South Asian economy forward. In the event the Pakistanis do not want to correct their dangerous situation, then one should act like the Israelis - just neutralise the Pakistani nuclear assets, with the help of Israel if need be. I think it is high time the US stopped their blinkered approach to the ostrich like Pakistan.
In spite of sufficient proof, we have the US politicians playing cuckoo over whether the perpetrators were from Pakistan or not. What kind of double standards does the US follow! The Pakistanis are now saying that these guys are not their citizens at all, that too after the world and Pakistani press has gone to Kasab's village and his father has confirmed to the world media that the person involved is his son. Now it is reported that the entire village has been taken over by secret service people, and that Kasab's family does not exist. I think this game of obfuscation of facts has gone on for too long, with unwarranted support from the US. Are these guys really waiting for the next attack to happen in some other country before they come to their senses? Is it not time to take action against a completely failed state and rein in the ISI, which is a law unto itself with no Government or public oversight?
Probably the Pakistan Government has no control over the ISI as it is financially independent, running a global drug smuggling,extortion and terror racket using Dawood Ibrahim, who has been probably given shelter on the pre-condition that he can stay under Pakistan's protection as long as he keeps financing ISI's global black operations!
The United Nations in tandem with the US should put pressure on Pakistan to stop their ostrich like behaviour and accept the fact that rogue elements in ISI are running the terror training camps and ensure that the same are dismantled. If within a given time frame the above objective is not achieved then it should be made amply clear that funding under the guise of economic development would stop completely. Once, the free lunch to which Pakistan has now got accustomed, that too by holding out the threat that their nuclear assets could fall into rogue hands if they don't get money, then maybe the sane elements in Pakistan could come round to doing the right thing. Believe me, no one wants an unstable neighbour. If your neighbour is sane and rational, then it is good for business, and for taking the South Asian economy forward. In the event the Pakistanis do not want to correct their dangerous situation, then one should act like the Israelis - just neutralise the Pakistani nuclear assets, with the help of Israel if need be. I think it is high time the US stopped their blinkered approach to the ostrich like Pakistan.
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