I knew from day one that Musharraf
cooperated with the US to avoid
being bombed to the stone age. Not
for one second did I believe that he
did it for anything less.
Musharraf’s heart lies with the
Jihadist. He lives and breaths
Jihad, otherwise he would never have
risen through the ranks of the
Pakistani army. President Karzai of
Afghanistan has a sound advise for
Musharraf: You cannot train a snake
(terrorists) to bite only one person
(India). The snake will bite all the
people around it. - Som
Vishwakarma, USA - Sept. 23, 2006
We
all know how shrewd Musharraf is. To
what extents he would stoop to stay
in power has been amply described in
the original article. While we may
feel happy that Pakistan was made to
walk on the dotted line with a
revolver to it's head, the big
question, to my mind is, why is this
shrewd, unreliable man singing like
a canary? All these years, when he
was literally on fire within his own
country for supporting the US, he
kept the reasons for his namardgi a
tightly guarded secret. Why the
earth shaking exposures now? Is it
to tell the hard liners "I have not
sold you out. I was under great
pressure, you know. I was at heart
your man and shall always be so. Now
that the heat is over let us meet
and work together again." 9/11 made
Musharraf a very important man. That
addictive media attention and
popularity is waning now. Musharraf
is politically insecure too.
Baluchistan is hot. He needs
something to bolster support again.
Is it time for another big event?
Now Musharraf has added a new tune
too. The terrorist groups are not in
my control so do not hold me
responsible if bombs kill people in
your country. He skillfully avoids
the question about why terror
schools are still being run all over
Pakistan. Is he ignorant about that?
Or the question who controls the
trained terrorist's activities?
Again ignorant? That is Musharraf
for you. He will stab you in the
back with one hand, shake your hand
with the other hand, feigning
ignorance and innocence.
The other big question is if Uncle
Sam is serious about ridding the
world of terror why do they not ask
the obvious questions mentioned
above? A similar stone age threat
from Uncle Sam can help close down
the terror schools. But no!!! Uncle
Sam does not want to remove the
Cobra's fangs. Uncle Sam wants to
train the Cobra to bite others but
as per his instructions.
US has to stop playing with fire.
One 9/11 should be enough for many
life times. Had the US policy makers
lost their close relatives on 9/11,
the US policy would have been more
honest. They are insensitive to the
grief and loss of the people who
lost their dear ones on 9/11. This
lack to sincerity to the feelings of
their own people makes them still
pay politics with terror. The much
hyped "War against Terror" is all
hog wash. It is being used by the US
administration to do everything
other than curbing terror.
Pakistan's terror schools are still
intact while poor Saddam is cooling
his heals behind bars. In the local
dialect they say "Khet khai gadaha,
maar khai jolaha". Saddam now knows
that all too well. He must be
wondering "Am I a victim of the War
against Terror?"
I have seen many leaders create
Frankenstein monsters which finally
ended their own lives. Is Pakistan
Uncle Sam's Frankenstein monster?
They could be bombed to stone age
and beyond was known to Pakistan
before 9/11 too but they took the
risk. Now Uncle Sam's Frankenstein
monster has the dreaded A bomb. It
has created two clones in N. Korea
and Iran. Uncle Sam still thinks he
is in control. But so did
Frankenstein before the tragedies
struck, didn't he? - Rajesh -
Sept. 23, 2006
Pakistan saying we were so
frightened as they threatened to
bomb us to stone age is as much a
hog wash as America's War against
Terror. The American War against
Terror could not dismantle the
Pakistani terror factories because
the American leaders were playing
politics here too even as they
sought international co-operation in
their War against Terror being
fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now
the so called War against Terror has
run into serious trouble as
thousands of US soldiers have lost
their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The true figures of causalities are
not reported by the highly sanitized
US media. The War against Terror has
run out of steam even as Iran & N.
Korea stand defiant as they go ahead
with their nuclear programs.
The truth is that the American War
against Terror was not transparent
or honest. It was a cover up for the
American Administration to do all it
had been planning for long (like the
Iraq invasion). Naturally the other
sensible countries became cautiously
uncooperative. US thought it could
do it alone with some help from
Britain. It was another power drunk
American misadventure like Vietnam.
The US paid a very heavy price for
it in terms of human lives and
money.
Had the US been sincere and had they
come forward with a transparent
strategy to fight terror globally
after 9/11, the troops of all
sensible countries of the world
would have fought shoulder to
shoulder with the US troops.
The sad part is that the victims of
terror are divided while the
perpetrators are united. Let us not
gloat over Musharraf whining and
showing his belly like an under dog.
He has his connections, he has his
interests and he has his plans. He
is not to be trusted (remember
Kargil). The moment America is
caught off guard he and his cronies
will execute something hellishly
evil and then point accusing fingers
in all directions and promise and
swear help in another War against
Terror.
US thinks they have them on the
leash? US thought so before 9/11
too. The advise President Karzai of
Afghanistan gave to Musharraf should
be given to the US too - You cannot
train a snake to bite only one
person (India). The snake will bite
all the people around it. The people
trained in the Pak terror factories
carried out 9/11. The terror
factories, if not dismantled, will
continue churning out evil which,
with a little instigation, can be
used against any one.
It is high time the sensible
countries of the world united to
honestly and transparently root out
terror without playing politics and
having hidden agendas. If this does
not happen we will all be targeted
again and again whenever we are
caught off guard. Huge amounts of
money and human lives will continue
to be lost in policing the world. -
Rajesh - Sept. 24, 2006
Why so much hullabaloo on Musharraf?
Why do we expect Musharraf to close
down Terrorist camp in POK while the
terrorists/Maoists are grooming
within India in known jungle,
district and village without any
international boundary attached to
it.
We cannot veil our ineptness by
vomiting on others head. Had
Jehanabad, train derailments, mine
blasts, attack on police pickets and
killings of civilians perpetuated by
trained youths from across the
border? The answer is known to us.
So first let our home in order then
expect or suggest the same from/to
others. - Tarakeswar Dubey -
Sept. 24, 2006
Dubeyji, a wrong is a wrong. You can
not justify, condone or pardon a
wrong by comparing it with another
wrong. Ask the people who have lost
family members in the various blasts
triggered by terrorists from across
the border all over India or on 9/11
in the US and they will vomit their
opinion on your head. You do not
condone a wrong just because there
is another wrong next to it. -
Rajesh - Sept. 24, 2006
With all due respect to Mr. Dubey, I
don't agree with his opinion. So
because we have issues with
Naxalites and other terrorist
outfits in our own backyard, we have
to forfeit our rights to discuss our
problems with our neighbors, mainly
Pakistan? I don't think even Mr.
Dubey honestly believes in what he
is saying. - Anil Kumar - Sept.
24, 2006
Dubeyji, who do you think is
supplying sophisticated arms and
explosives to our Naxalites? India
lives in a very tough neighborhood
with very long borders which are
very difficult to police. Now that
the border with Pakistan has been
fenced, Bangladesh and Nepal are
being used to smuggle arms and
explosives to our Naxalites and
other dissidents in the North East.
Guarding extremely long hostile
borders against all climatic odds is
more than a Herculean task. Can you
name another country facing similar
odds? Our border security forces try
their best but still some
terrorists, arms and explosives slip
in.
Summing up till date we have the
following:
1) Families of civilian victims who
have been killed by these arms and
explosives
2) Families of police personnel who
have been killed by these arms and
explosives
3) Families of 9/11 victims and
other bombings world wide
4) Families of the brave US & Indian
soldiers who have laid their lives
fighting terror
Do you really think that is a small
number of people? Is their grief
insignificant? Just because till
date we have not lost a family
member to terror should we look the
other way and whistle? The problem
is far bigger than you think it is.
The octopus which has it's head in
the terror factories of Pakistan is
fast spreading it's tentacles to
other countries. Arming dissidents
globally and making it look like
internal strife. The purpose of my
writing was to call for a global
honest and transparent strategy
which all sane countries can trust
aimed at killing this vicious
octopus before it kills more people.
We, the victims, have more than our
fair share of people with hidden
agendas and leg pulling cynics who
try to look brighter than what they
really are by contradicting others.
So it is half a step forward and
many steps back. On the other hand,
the perpetrators of acts of terror
are united and work with silent,
deadly efficiency. If we could stop
jumping on each other's toes perhaps
we could move a little ahead. -
Rajesh - Sept. 25, 2006
I am surprised at the lack of
participation on this topic. Perhaps
I am imposing my feelings and
understanding on everyone else too
much and exaggerating things out of
proportion. Anyway, what ever I
wrote was purely my perception of
the situation and it can be entirely
flawed. It would be educating to
hear the opinion of others. -
Rajesh - Sept. 25, 2006
I partially support Mr. Dubey's view
as we must control our home grown
jerks as well as I believe we must
put an eagle's eye on what Musharraf
is preaching all around the world.
He is the dirtiest player of today's
world of terror or anti-terror
affair. Unfortunately, because of
few ignorant world leaders, he is
playing well so far. About his new
revelation regarding US threat, I
feel like he is diverting whole
world from one another major
disaster awaiting to happen by the
terrorists. Come on folks, Pakistan
is already in Stone Age and now
running toward 'Pre Stone Age' era.
What country will like to waste
their resources to honor them back
to Stone Age. :)
Well, I would also like to mention
that majority of Pakistanis are not
in favor of supporting these
terrorist camps operational in their
country. The Pakistani Terrorism
industry works under shadow of few
of their Mafias. Musharraf is one of
them, obviously. None of the common
Pakistani will or will be able to
fight against these training camps.
The cottage industry of terrorism in
Pakistan has grown into a small
scale industry now, because they are
getting tons of money from several
other countries to keep this
Industry alive.
The Mao problem inside India is
going to be much more acute headache
for Indian states tomorrow, whether
it is Bihar, West Bengal,
Chhattisgarh or of course Andhra
Pradesh. It sounds like, there is
well established connection between
Maoist of Nepal or India with
Pakistani Intelligence ISI. ISI is
easily and very frequently supplying
some of most sophisticated arms to
these so called rebels.
It's time when India must re
activate it's RAW with its genuine
and original capacity as it was
during Indira Gandhi's period. The
RAW have been a brutal world class
intelligence agency and we must have
them back and operational. -
Naren Singh - Sept. 25, 2006 |
