Lets this accident be an awakening of Pakistani nationhood and patriotism..this is..by any dimensions..an open declaration of war on Pakistan..we should tighten our belts..and be very alert to the future developments. The democracy in Pakistan is finally exercising its democratic rights..that is raising voices for its people and when that happens..a lot of objections are raised in the white house and perhaps covert CIA plans to even replace the democracy....much like what happened in 1999...the new dictators will then try to buy the nation over precievied and bogus economic developments funded by US Aid.
My friend.
Lets take a deep breath and a sip of coffee, and analyse the incident closely. The fact is that without hearing both sides of the story we cant make a sane decision. So much as we want to believe the Pakistani story , we have to wait and see what the other side says. As to this being an open declaration of war, had that been the case, you would not be sitting and writing this post. So lets not go into state of panic. Even now, they are trying their best to appease us and highlight the fact that we are important to them. This simply means that we can be of use to them. Open declarations end in war and you don't wage war with countries you need. You are very right in that we should be very alert to any future developments.
Your view about the democratic set up could not be further from the truth, however, paradoxically we need to maintain the same faces as the front for the sake of "continuity of democracy" and values that are acceptable to the world.
Your other assessment seems a bit extreme but let us assume it to be true and take it further. Do you think that the politicans led by Mr 99% will not sell out at the first available opportunity? I dont think it is the love of the Awam, that is stopping them. The other thing is what if some one comes along and decides enough is enough, and lets break off you relationship with the USA. Why do you think they will allow the Billions of rice and cotton and cotton products to come into US. What happens then? Or take it a bit further and assume that they enforce a boycott on you and the world obliges, what will you do? See it is easy to talk the talk, b8t are you really capable of walking the walk, when push comes to shove.
Take it a bit further and you respond in kind and shoot a plane down, what would happen when US asks you to apologize? Will you resist? and on what basis? lastly lets take it to the extreme and say the US decides to invade Pakistan? What do you do and where do you go. You do realize that the Western border could be just a sham and the actual attack could come from over the sea, or in the extreme case from the East as well. Wind jammer may know the incident with hafeez Piracha that i am referring to( and no it did not have anything to do with india) . If it is a three pronged attack with a massive aerial barrage how do you defend with your current capabilities?
You guys need to think before you write. You see we have all felt hurt by the insult of our boys having been martyred inspite of the US calling us allies. But diplomacy requires that buttons be pushed in such a manner that you get the maximum advantage without tipping the apple cart. Who does it better is a question of time and that , my dear friend is a cruel lesson we wait to learn.
Araz
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