AOTHER TWIST

ANOTHER TWIST IN PAKISTAN’S RELATIONS WITH US.

Khurshidalam44@hotmail.com Dated 28^th Nov.2011 London.

US choppers bombed yet another border post of Pakistan killing 25 soldiers. US expressed its condolence and made a promise to investigate. Pakistan responded by banning supply to US troops in Afghanistan and asked US to vacate Shamsi Base in 15 days.

What is significant of this incidence is the tough response of Pakistan not the incidence itself. Such incidences are usual not exceptions. They are expected in the future and bound to happen. The reason is that the logic of inviting such attacks is lying in Pakistan.

It is pointless to discuss who is having the lion share in starting this bloody drama but one thing is sure that US, U.K., Pakistan and Saudi were the writers of the script and the main actors.

With the passage of time the balance has tilted against Pakistan. US want to extricate itself from Afghanistan but are unable to do so unless the safe heavens are wiped out in Pakistan. US believe, wrongly or rightly, that the terrorists have the backing of Pakistani agencies along with religious and political parties. In spite of repeated denial by Pakistan political and military leadership US refuse to accept. Sizeable analysts in Pakistan share the Americans point of view. They think where there is smoke there is definitely fire.

Independent analysts are of the opinion that the reason of failure to flush out 4000 terrorists is due to the double game of Pakistan most powerful and unanswerable secret agencies. Every one acknowledges the sacrifices of Pakistan armed forces but doubt the agencies and other non-palpable and invisible hands.

This notion does appeal to a logical mind. No organisation can work in a country with such ferocity, precision and free handily without a strong support from local influential section of the society.

Pakistani version may be right to some extent that Americans are doing all this in desperation; as they have failed to weaken the terrorist resolve and to force them to opt for a dialogue.

Though Pakistan army has made some commendable achievement but they are no near to restore complete peace. They have succeeded to dislodge them from the caves and now they are dispersed all over the country. They have changed their tactics and instead of engaging the army they are using more suicidal bombers.

The precision and accuracy of the target is still the same. Such a war in urban areas cannot bear the desired effect unless there is competent and dedicated agencies on the back and no protection from the influential sections of the society be it civilian or army. It shows that their communication and information side is still fully intact.

The failure is bilateral and so is the desperation. Pakistan is politically and economically shaky. The same may be the effect on US economy but they have a huge buffering system to absorb the shocks.

Pakistani rulers are not used to formulate a comprehensive foreign policy. The country is being run on impulses and there is no thoughtful approach to either internal or external affairs. The Hall Mark of formulating of foreign policies is to oppose India. Any thing supported by India, the opposite must be good for us.

Pakistan’s army was a unified highly professional institution. Now it is a dislocated, fractured army and soaked in sectarian fundamentalism. It is utterly non-sense that the whole nation is behind them. The rightest and sectarian organisation is totally against army action. It has definitely an effect on their morale.

In the backdrop of this scenario the major responsibility is lying on Americans. Near the borders we have a volatile Middle East, having mass uprising, a fundamentalist Iran and Non Viable state of Pakistan. Any irresponsible adventure by Americans will push the Pakistani opposition closer to each other. It will be an unimaginable disaster to drop a nuclear country in to the lap these elements. It will be like offering the nuclear arsenal to the most irresponsible forces in a dish. There are strong Anti Americans Sentiments in Pakistan, the leaguers and sectarian parties are waiting for such a moment. They have capability to play with the emotion of the people.

Pakistan must also realise that our armed forces are totally dependent on Americans. We owe our economical viability to Americans. We cannot afford at this moment to have a frontal assault on Americans. We must bear in mind that the battlefield is Pakistan and Afghanistan not American Soil.

The logic of war is laying in our soil not US. It is the time to save the country from total eclipse. Who are the sufferers? We Pashtunes residing in the front line province of the front line state of Pakistan.