What is happening in Pakistan today is probably unprecedented in recent history, except in the case of Iraq and Afghanistan, where puppet regimes rule over a sovereign people through force. Such is the case today in Pakistan, without the messy requirement of an invasion, we just surrendered and gave up our country without as much as a verbal protest.
The actions undertaken by the Army, under the direction of General Pervaiz Musharaf, or rather more accurately under Bush, against the people of Bajur under the false banner of terrorism is an human rights atrocity. The same kind of atrocity that Saddam Hussain has been given the death sentence for allegedly committing – he denies it, but Gereral Musharaf proudly brandishes his actions. The fact that military action was taken directly by the Americans, but the blame gladly assumed by our own General makes the state of affairs even sadder. Although I understand the rise of false flag operations in the political landscape of today, the usual approach to such an operation is that the party being blamed for conducting an action, which it hasn’t, does not then go into public and accept the false charge. This is especially so, when nothing is to be gained politically, economically or otherwise. In this case there is everything to lose, yet our General has no qualms about dancing to the American beat to the extent of total disregard for even basic logic.
What we are seeing in Pakistan today are the seeds of civil war – which needs to be contained. “Divide and conquer” The Army is turning against their own population e.g. Waziristan, under the guise of terrorism. I am still baffled how our “leaders” can be duped by an ideology and approach that has found defeat in it’s own nation of origin, as proved in the recent elections of the United States. The people of the United States have woken up, despite the biased media and constant saber rattling of “terrorism”. Having suffered 911, which still has too many unanswered questions to allow anyone to conclude with any certainty as to the perpetrators, the American people and politicians are becoming aware of the self-fulfilling strategy being applied globally in this “ongoing war on terrorism”. It is nothing more than a war for petrodollars and the security of Israel, it has nothing to do with WMD’s, or freedom, liberty or democracy. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. Knowing that the whole campaign is based on ulterior motives, and that there is no such threat of terrorism, unless it is self-created, why is “our” commander in chief so eager to wage war on his own people? Perhaps a pat on the back from Bush is sufficient reward.
The actions at Bajur have resulted in a retaliatory action by the people against the Army – a first in Pakistan’s history. A suicide bomber entered the Army Barracks and blew himself up in a attempt to settle the score for the deaths of numerous civilians, many of whom were children. This prompted a prayer in the senate for those whose lives were lost in this attack – but any attempts to lead a similar prayer for the lives lost in Bajur was met with resistance in the form of microphones in the Senate being disabled. In essence any dissention against the General, even within the legal rights of the constitution are not to be tolerated. It may offend our American masters.
Any leader must realize that he is in power because of the people, rather than inspite of the people – as is the case in Pakistan. The public was going along with the government since its inception due to promises of free and fair elections, economic prosperity and a leadership driven by national interest and principled decision making. The promise of such things, with some superficial economic improvements (for the rich), maintained some sort of status quo. People are now waking up to the fact that the promises were a mirage used to delude us, and we are now being ruled by someone who’s only driving principle is American commandments.
Today Bajur, tomorrow somewhere closer. Would we have this same approach if this action had been carried out in our own neighborhoods or cities? There is nothing stopping these actions coming to our own doorsteps unless we take a strong stance against such actions against any of our countrymen. We should be under no illusions – we are today at the mercy of the Americans and should not require any further proof our occupation than what we have seen leading up to recent activities. The occupation may not be a physical one, but is an even more potent intellectual and political one. A people can only begin to fight for their freedom once they realize they are occupied. My only hope is that we all begin to awake to this fact and regain control of our own domestic affairs. Enlightened moderation…this action was neither enlightened, nor moderate.
