Is It Our War On Terror?

March 31st, 2009 by Kashif Aziz ( 1,572 Views )

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Going through the developments and aftermath of recent attack on Police Training Center in Lahore, I sat wondering what is happening to Pakistan. Since last couple of years things are going downhill for us, starting from Lal Masjid crisis, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry issue, May 12, October 18, Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination and Long March. Not to mention the dire situation of Swat and the Tribal Areas.

It all started with Pervez Musharraf’s acceptance of becoming a part in America’s alleged War on Terror. While Military Inc and Corporatocracy were busy piling the dollars, people of Pakistan died everyday. Innocent civilians, Jawans of Army and Sepoys of Police gave their lives for feudal politicians, corrupt bureaucracy and realestate-agent minded generals.

After Musharraf, the “democratically elected” government not only failed to deliver, it went two steps ahead of Musharraf’s agenda. President Asif Ali Zardari made a terrible mess of what we had left of the institutional integrity of Pakistan. His appointment of Rehman Malik as Interior Minister, Farooq Naek as Law Minister and then Chairman Senate, appointment of political workers as Judges and reshuffling of bureaucracy to appoint favorites at key posts are few acts of nepotism. Not to mention the personal behavior of Zardari on his US visit and recent secret meeting in Dubai.

The plan of restricting War On Terror to North of Pakistan has miserably failed. This combined with political chaos, lack of national consensus and distance between government and public has severely hampered the efforts to curb terrorism, making it easier for forces against our integrity to claim that nuclear assets of Pakistan may fall into the hands of terrorists. Recent attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team and current attack on Police training center shows that how vulnerable cities like Lahore are, and how unprepared our security forces are to catch terrorists before they hit their targets.

After this recent attack in Lahore, I feel that it is enough now. People of Pakistan have to act now, before its too late. We have given enough time to our “elected” politicians and they have failed to deliver, yet again. After so many in-camera sessions, hours upon hours of GIGO, the government and opposition failed to reach a decision. They are unable to answer if it is this our War? If yes, who is our enemy? What is our plan of action? and where are we standing now? These basic questions are yet unanswered and the politicians go on with their endless crap.

If we do not act now, maybe we won’t get time to regret. Remember, national sins are unforgiven.

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2 Responses to “Is It Our War On Terror?”

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Shakir Lakhani
April 1st, 2009 17:05 GMT
The question is not whether it is our war or their war, the question is that there are people in Pakistan who have given shelter to dangerous criminals (who are dangerous because they threaten their previous bosses). We have no option but to do what the rest of the world says. The foreign forces are in Afghanistan because of U.N. resolutions, by the way (not like in Iraq, where the U.S. & U.K. invaded despite objections from their Western allies). Even China (our long-term ally) is against the Taliban.
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Hamid Abbasi
April 1st, 2009 23:49 GMT
My Dear,
If we still continue to think that war on terror is our war or not, i would say it will be as if we are laughing on the graves of all those who were killed in there line of duty, or died in suicide bombing or either they got beheaded.
Your point is absolutely valid in the paradigm that we term as “just war”. I mean that Musharaff’s decision to take a U TURN on just a phone call back in 2001, was totally wrong. The war was never our, but due to his poor judgement, now we have become the frontline in this war. With Taliban in Afghanistan, we had our 3rd border secure, while only India posed the danger.
Now, its our Western border that has become the bone of conflict, and now when they start killing us for who we are i.e Pakistani, I am certain that it is our war.
The question should be rather, how to handle this mennace in which we have found ourselve?
Well, in no way we can afford India and Iran to take control of Afghanistan. So as long as we keep our Tribal Areas secure, it is in our best intrest. The UN charter ends at the border of Afghanistan, and what we are witnessing is the clear voilation via Predator attacks. The Indian consulate have turned into a den for terrorists in Afghanistan. One recent report on GLOBAL RESEARCH clearly mentioned MOSAD and RAW monitored mass terrorist camp near our border. SO we cannot afford to move our eyes away from it.
Yes it wasnt, but surely now its our war.

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