War on Terror and its endless cost
Pakistan has reportedly and repeatedly said that we are fighting war on terror for the whole world. After 9/11 the situation became worse day in and day out for us. Afghan insurgency and Suicide bombings were the terminologies we’ve heard in past few years only and increased our vocabulary. The paradise of Swat valley, which I always have a dream (still not fulfilled) to visit is ruined. Pakistan Army is bearing all the responsibility to clean up this mess first in Swat and now in Waziristan.
Not only the Army is bearing the loss but the poor and innocent people are also paying the price of this war. Bomb blasts and suicidal attacks have become routine news for us. Peshawar, Swat, Lahore and now Multan, blasts occur as a daily routine in past week. Apart from the loss of lives and properties, psychological impact of this carnage is so shocking. People have now developed a sense of immunity so that they react towards the devastating news in rather passive manner, probably because they know that they can not stop it. In this frustration among common men who feels helpless, one day the breaking news would be ‘there’s no Blast today’ and people will react towards it.
The role of interior ministry is now days restricted only to give statements after every blast that we condemn this act and bla bla. Their efforts and fool proof security arrangements are still a question mark while most of the blasts are targeted at Police, security agencies and ISI buildings. Is it enough of War on terror now? How long can we bear the loss of precious innocent lives of our people? Probably we are heading towards another long march or revolution, this time not for judiciary but for our rights to live in a peaceful society rather living a frustrated life.
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December 15th, 2009 15:14 GMT
@ confused Indian: “why Yousuf Youhana was forced to change his name, along with the religion, Mohammad Yousuf?” There is no proof that he was “forced” to change his religion or name. But before the conversion, there were rumours that he was being discriminated against because he was a Christian (most Pakistani Christians or their ancestors were Dalits, but Yousuf’s father was a priest). “how long danish kaneria will survive?” Kaneria is a Sindhi Hindu (I don’t know the caste), and Sindhi Hindus are respected because of their power (they’re landlords and businessmen). Juhi Chawla’s mother is from Karachi, she visited Karachi when her maternal grandmother was in hospital. My own family doctor is a Sindhi Hindu. There was another Sindhi Hindu cricketer in Pakistan’s team (Anil Dalpat, who is related to Dinesh Kaneria). Dalpat is settled in New Zealand.
December 15th, 2009 12:43 GMT
@ Shakir,
why Yousuf Youhana was forced to change his name, along with the religion, Mohammad Yousuf?
how long danish kaneria will survive?
December 13th, 2009 18:27 GMT
@ confused Indian: so why did Indira Gandhi’s Sikh guards kill her? As for the muslim colonel, he is one in thousands of Indian army men who’re Muslims. Sometimes it seems there are no muslims in India, considering how few there are in the government, navy, air force and the army. Oh yes, there are some in the movie business, but they too will soon be replaced by Hindus.
December 13th, 2009 13:14 GMT
@ shakir,
comparing operation bluestar with war of 1965 and 1971!
so, you have missed my point completely. no problem.
teaching kid since nursery that india is their (country’s) number one enemy, it’s not very difficult to evoke strong sentiment as they became soldier. but what will happen when they have to fight their own people, with their own faith, for the sake of country. they succumb! but our soldiers have not hesitated. that’s moral of my comment.
by the way, what kind of sentiment lieutenant colonel mohammad israr evoke in you and other chowrangi readers? i would like to know.
December 13th, 2009 01:43 GMT
@confused indian bravery is also written on walls………..atleast we never went far to return a pack of sheeps through our nose(indo china war 1962)
same was the case with your nobility in srilanka where you were finding it difficult to find an exit path(PKF)
mumbai was nothing but a pay back for your barbarianism in kashmir………..nd blv me instead of asking us like a confuse ask your government why you guys had to suffer such a night mare…..though we dont support an attempt like this…..
Indian desire is the only pain this region is suffering……dats the black sheep….and your forces taking on the responsibility of our land……….may be before entering out tribal land you go back to the pages of history where in 1948 your forces were no where to be seen in azad kashmir except hanging from the polls……….
why not u ask dem to control d 5 no go areas of ur own(maoist insurgency)………….and your law enforcement…….i forgot the name of that bandit(virapan something) whom u took 20 years to catch and that too with a deception or rather a lie……..atleast we never made films on baitullah but u made him a hero too
December 12th, 2009 19:14 GMT
@ confused indian: apparently you don’t know anything about the resistance put up by the Pakistan Army in 1965 and 1971. You have given the example of just one soldier, hundreds of soldiers in our army put their lives in danger and threw the Indians out of the suburbs of Lahore in 1965 and sacrificed their lives in the 1971 war.
December 12th, 2009 15:53 GMT
it’s nice to see courage to reply, more importantly from a woman. bravo.
tend to bore you and chowrangi readers again by including a rather longpiece of interview in which gen. brar told rediff.com about operation bluestar, for my explanation for india’s military intervention.
rediff: Soldiers are God fearing. How did you motivate your men to carry out the operation in a holy shrine?
Gen. Brar: On the day we went in, I decided I must talk to the men personally and tell them what we were doing and why we were doing it. I began at 4 am in the morning [of June 5], spent half an hour with the first unit; then half an hour with the next unit and so on. To every one of them, I explained this was not a mission against any religion or a temple, but a mission against some militants who have defiled the temple; it was no longer a place of sanctity but a defiled place and we were going to clean it out.
Even so, I told my men if any one of them wanted to opt out of this operation, they were welcome. I gave them my word that they would not be hounded nor would their unit commanding officer mark them negatively.
No one put his hand up to back out, not in the first, not in the second, not in the third .
In the fourth battalion, one hand went up. It belonged to a Sikh officer, Second Lieutenant Jasbir Singh Raina, in the unit commanded by [Lieutenant Colonel] Mohammad Israr [Lt Col Israr of the 10 Guards would lead the first unit into the Golden Temple]. I told Raina if he wanted to stay out, he need have no fear in doing so. Raina replied he had a request: he wanted to be the first person to enter the Golden Temple to wipe the militants who had defiled his holiest shrine. I was very happy and told Israr that Raina must be allowed to lead the first charge.
The moment Raina entered, he came under a withering fire and suffered serious injuries to his legs. Yet, he refused to pull out. Israr Israr rang me up saying Raina was refusing to evacuate. I then ordered Israr to get Raina out and into the waiting ambulance. Months later, when he received the Ashoka Chakra [the highest bravery award in peace times], he came to receive the award in a wheelchair. I had tears in my eyes because I remembered this young boy standing up to say he wanted be the first to enter. These are things that not many people know.
can you find such soldier in your military establishment?