Nighat Leghari
THE date is 25 December, the whole Christian community is busy with the celebrations of this Great Event. This is the birthday of their Apostle Jesus Christ who was the Messenger of God and who bestowed upon his followers the teachings of peace to them. But on the contrary, what his followers practise on the human community universally, can be assessed underfollows this article. The US Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights elaborated,” All men are created equal that they are endowed by the Creator. Among these are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, the respect of all faiths and commitment to help the countries of the world to their own paths to prosperity and peace even the US Constitution contains individual freedom, economic growth and social progress.
Ironical enough that the ex-President of the USA encompassing all the goods and the virtues of the Americans had said that all Americans are struggling now more than at most in our history to find the right balance between individual and collective society. We have struggled with the treatment of racial and religious commitment. We reaffirmed our commitment to help the countries of the Islamic world to find their own paths to prosperity, peace and democracy. We hold in our hearts love and respect for Islam. During the wars we defended Muslims in Bosnia, Kosovo and after the break of Yugoslavia. Our war in Iraq was to expel Kuwait to save Iraqis from their hold. Iraq was wasting its oil wealth on lethal weapons. We wanted to save their wealth for the wellbeing and interests of the people of Iraq. We are in Pakistan with all our sophisticated weapons to save Pakistan and his people from the suicidal terrorists. We went to Afghanistan to topple down the Taliban who were pushing the people into the Stone Age and violating the rights of the people. If we have killed some Muslims, we did it for a just cause and right intentions.
According to the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee signed a bill into law which contained a provision that would pay Taliban fighters against violence and it will be called an “emergency response programme”. He said only the moderate Taliban will be paid who will renounce the insurgency. The US Chairman of the Sub-Committee in the House who handles the war financing says, “There is no money to provide healthcare or other facilities to American citizens. Every gallon of Gasoline delivered to the US troops in wars is used to kill innocent citizens of war affected countries. American cities and towns are suffering from costs of economic dislocation and the reduction in tax revenues. The US cannot afford bankruptcy wars. A US columnist said, “America has no greater enemy than their own Governments, which forced their troops to fight with no relative countries at the risk of their life and limb”. The US has every characteristic of a failed state. The US current budget is dependent on foreign financing, the US military aggressions costs are out of control. The US has a long record of interference in many countries only to expand its world hegemony.
Under the pretext of Usama bin Laden’s holding or killing in Afghanistan US war in those areas of Pakistan & Afghanistan is for many interests. Factually, the war in Pakistan and Afghanistan border is based on this open secret that since Afghanistan is a chief kingdom of heroin, the US wants to trade in this most profitable business. In an article in the current issue of Harper’s magazine explores the inner working of US troops. In fact, the Afghan drug lords are also the heads of patrol police. The US army men have developed friendship with these lords. The US army men deal in drugs with the collaboration of Afghan drug lords on a daily basis to protect themselves from the serious step from Afghan Government. The US army men sometimes offer cash and sometimes weapons in this bargain. The US war in Afghanistan is mainly and purely for drugs dealing. The US is least concerned with the betterment of Afghanistan’s citizens because it did nothing to change their lifestyle or to balance their religious outlook or reshape their tribal system, though the US always claimed that it wanted to stabilize its economical, social and educational systems. Many US law-makers, even the armed forces, hotly criticized US policies and actions in Muslim countries. William R Polk a member of the US policy planning council for Middle East and South Asia, in a meeting said, Pakistan can fight more acceptably than America can. Pakistan can more easily bring Taliban to the negotiation table. If America is reluctant to down path in Pakistan the situation of terrorism in Pakistan will go worse to worst.
Tragically, all the Pakistan’s governments themselves have been providing more and more opportunities to America to come deep into Pakistan’s affairs. It is common view of Pakistani leaders that America is in the position to make and break the leaders in Pakistan. Every Government takes America as indispensable for its support and even its survival. Pakistan’s Governments have provided the US a license to do anything it desires. It is a total truth that America is a fickle and untrustworthy friend. Knowing this bitter reality, Pakistan has turned deaf ears to its results. Fluctuated and even denial statements about the “Blackwater” by the Government officials were amazing for the people of Pakistan. After a long time, the Government confessed that “Blackwater” is a sizable force in Pakistan working for the USA. What type of working? The concerned ministry does not want to disclose it. In 2006 USA and Pakistan had struck a deal that authorized JSOC to enter into Pakistan to hunt Bin Laden and then it stretched to an objectionable level. Same is the situation on “Blackwater”. In fact, America has developed terrorism in Pakistan instead of mitigating it. The market minded Americans have purchased the poor teenagers to kill themselves and others because it is easy to change the mindset of poor immature youngsters. US sale-purchase business is on its peak in Poor Pakistan, every Pakistani is alarmed at the situation and sniffing the death of democracy.
—The writer is a senior journalist based in Germany.
