Hellfire missiles on the Pakistani Posts.”
The attack, for which no apology has been made by the US, left seven Pakistani widows, sixteen orphans, and 24 soldiers dead. This was the fifth deliberate US military attack on the Pakistan Army since 2008. Someone in Pentagon or Langley has been working overtime to drag Pakistan into a war of some sort, probably as punishment for our alleged responsibility in America’s defeat in Afghanistan.
This is not an argument to end the relationship. It’s an argument to correct it, without appeasement.
We expect our government and our military to take a stand on the BLA. We should seek an end to American meddling in our politics and media, an end to demonising our nuclear program in Geneva, and an end to covert CIA operations inside our territory. The American civilian and military aid must be put in black and white to put an end to American exaggerations about claims of billions in generous aid to an ungrateful Pakistan. While at it, we should bring forward our losses in America’s war, which are enough to humble any of our American critics.
The drones are not effective against the TTP. And our own assessment of Al-Qaeda’s presence in the Afghan border areas is vastly different to the exaggerated American assessment. The CIA has used our tribal belt to perfect its drone technology more than anything else. And there is little chance the Americans will share this technology with us if we let them use our playground.
Let’s hope our ruling elite will not waste this chance to correct the Pakistani-American relationship.
The writer works for Geo television. Email: aq@paknationalists. com
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