I just can't for the life of me understand President Zardari. For the past year and a half his PPP led government (PPP/PML-N/MQM/ANP) and its ministers (in newspapers, TV channels and current affair talk shows) have been accusing India of supporting terrorism inside Pakistan (from Mehsud to Bugti), stopping Pakistan's water, making dams on our rivers and what not with substantial evidence to prove it. Interior Minister Mr Rehman Malik has evidence of Indian involvement via Afghanistan in the in-camera sessions of National Assembly. Not to forget, Former President Musharraf also gave documentary evidence of Brahmdagh Bugti's presence in India on 12th July last year.
When all his colleagues and ministers are saying one thing, how can Mr. Zardari have the guts to come around with completely opposite statement?
The Nation newspaper reported that "India has stopped the Chenab River water, which has further aggravated the water availability problem in Pakistan hitting hard the upcoming crops. Sources said that the Kharif crop especially, cotton and sugarcane ready crops in the country would be badly affected due to water blockades, which at this stage need water most besides the upcoming Rabi crops would also be affected. Sources said that Indus Water Commission has apprised the federal government of this situation and a meeting has been called on Tuesday for reviewing the water reserves situation in the country. The meeting would also focus on exploring diplomatic solution of the issue. If the Chenab water blockade gets prolonged, then wheat production in the country would also be badly affected. Despite 23 million tons of record production of wheat, the government this year imported over 2 million tons of wheat. Water blockade would force Pakistan depending more on imported wheat. Earlier, the experts had estimated Pakistan facing 35 percent shortage of water during the upcoming Rabi crop."
(http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/15-Sep-2008/India-stops-Chenab-River-water-hitting-Kharif-crop)
On 5th October 2008 just after a few days, our water was blocked by India. (You know, the very friendly, brotherly neighbour who is not a threat at all).
BBC news reported the incident that embarrassed, shocked and angered Pakistanis all over the world. "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says India has never been a threat to Pakistan, and that militants in Indian-administered Kashmir are terrorists."
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7653687.stm)
"I can assure you that Pakistan will not be the first country ever to use (nuclear weapons) and Zardari borrowed a quote from his late wife, who once said that there's a "little bit of India in every Pakistani and a little bit of Pakistan" in every Indian" and" I do not know whether it is the Indian or the Pakistani in me that is talking to you today," Zardari said, amid applause from his high-profile audience, which included diplomats, politicians and industrialists"
First of all, we’ve had many politicians bent on cheaply renting our identity and sovereignty in the past but to sell if off completely? Never.
Has any Indian minister or prime minister or president ever addressed us from New Delhi via satellite? I agree that PPP has always had a hands-off policy towards India. Should we change this to selling Pakistan's policy to India completely? No self-respecting Pakistani will stand for this.
(http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=f0efd648-9d6c-4138-961e-c93947dcd381&Headline)
On 13th December, 2008 The News reported, "LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets intruded into Pakistan’s airspace twice on Saturday, drifting some four kilometres inside the Kashmir and Lahore sectors"
(http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18942)
On 30th December
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan said Tuesday that India had moved troops toward their shared border, following Islamabad's own redeployment of forces toward the frontier amid tensions over the Mumbai attacks."
(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473929,00.html)
On 24th January after witnessing the insult and defamation of Pakistan all over the world by India (the brotherly, friendly neighbour which was never a threat) and witnessing a potential military threat from India, Mr Zardari says something like this,"I do not consider India a military threat; the question is that India has the capability. Capability is what matters. [With regard to] intention I think we both have our good intentions."
"India is a reality, Pakistan is a reality, but Taliban are a threat, an international threat to our way of life. And at the moment, I'm focused on the Taliban. It's something that has been going on for a long time and of course went unchecked under the dictatorial rule of the last president."
Focussed on the Taliban. Right. Policies are not like Kodak cameras that you can focus or “unfocus” with the Americans behind the lens. Yes folks, the definition of military threat has been changed. It now excludes fighter planes of the IAF.
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5625759/Pakistan-India-no-longer-a-military-threat.html)
On April 25th 2009 Gen. Petraeus said, "Asserting that a mere recognition of threat posed by the Taliban to the country is not enough, a top American military general today said the Pakistan Army should shift its "tradional focus" from India to internal extremists."
(http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/25-Apr-2009/Pak-faces-threat-from-Taliban-not-India-Petraeus)
On 30th April 2009, President Obama said "On the military side, you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been misguided, and that their biggest threat right now comes internally,' Obama said at a prime time news conference Wednesday capping his 100th day in office."
This coming from a man who has made the brunt of his foreign policy an effort to “Talibanise” Pakistan and defends Pakistani intelligence’s allegations of weapon double-dealing with lame internet scam stories.
(http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=je4su1fieei&title=Obama_tells_Pakistan_obsession_with_India_as_mortal_threat_misguided)
On 5th May Robert Gibbs was saying, "The trilateral summit is an initiative of Obama, who wants to establish his own channel of direct communication with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the prime focus of his foreign policy."
"I think he (Obama) will reiterate what he said to you guys last week," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said when asked whether Obama will make it clear to Pakistan that "there's no threat from India."
Mr Obama, guard your own doors and not those of the whole world. CIA/Mossad/RAW are the biggest threat to this world. First secure your own borders, your own economy, and then tell others about threats. The only solution to GWOT is that USA & NATO forces leave Afghanistan.
If the next attack - according to you - will come from mountains in the north-west Pakistan and Afghanistan, then secure yourself first. If you are afraid of robbers, lock the doors of your house like any sensible citizen instead of going robber (read "terrorist")-hunting through the whole town! September 11th was a security lapse and you must admit that the people at Risk Assessment must have been asleep that day. If every other country is responsible for their own security, then so are you.
On 29th June 2009
"HYDERABAD: Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor has asked Pakistan to remove the perception that it faced a threat from India.“India was never a threat to
Pakistan. It is their [Pakistan’s] own perception which they have to remove. India would be happy if Pakistan fights terrorists on its western border with
Afghanistan and also on the eastern side,” Gen. Kapoor told journalists on the sidelines of the combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy at
Dundigal here on Saturday."
Is he stupid enough to think everyone will buy the same rubbish or he is in contact with Zardari & Obama? Was IAF jets incursion also a wrong perception?
On July 7th 2009 David Miliband says
"The enemy that Pakistan faces is a domestic terrorist, not a large and successful neighbour India, which has got far better things to do in the world of commerce and politics than end up in a standoff with Pakistan."
"At the same time, he was quick to point out: 'But remember, 61 years, India is the world's largest and most successful -- the largest democracy and the success story of the region."
Before submitting mindlessly into friendship with India, Zardari must realise whether the efforts and actions are being reciprocated by our neighbour. If yes, then the
calls for friendship are justified. If not, then Zardari must realise that India has no intention of maintaining peace despite the futile dialogues in its name.
In reality, India is blockading our water supply, thus hindering our trade and supporting insurgencies inside our territory. There is no fear of war, true. But that is
only because both of us are nuclear powers with second strike capabilities. However, war is forthcoming in the form of insurgencies and supply of ammunition to
"Taliban". Peace and friendship are great things, but the Pakistani nation refuses to sacrifice its national AND personal interests in its name.
When all his colleagues and ministers are saying one thing, how can Mr. Zardari have the guts to come around with completely opposite statement?
The Nation newspaper reported that "India has stopped the Chenab River water, which has further aggravated the water availability problem in Pakistan hitting hard the upcoming crops. Sources said that the Kharif crop especially, cotton and sugarcane ready crops in the country would be badly affected due to water blockades, which at this stage need water most besides the upcoming Rabi crops would also be affected. Sources said that Indus Water Commission has apprised the federal government of this situation and a meeting has been called on Tuesday for reviewing the water reserves situation in the country. The meeting would also focus on exploring diplomatic solution of the issue. If the Chenab water blockade gets prolonged, then wheat production in the country would also be badly affected. Despite 23 million tons of record production of wheat, the government this year imported over 2 million tons of wheat. Water blockade would force Pakistan depending more on imported wheat. Earlier, the experts had estimated Pakistan facing 35 percent shortage of water during the upcoming Rabi crop."
(http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/15-Sep-2008/India-stops-Chenab-River-water-hitting-Kharif-crop)
On 5th October 2008 just after a few days, our water was blocked by India. (You know, the very friendly, brotherly neighbour who is not a threat at all).
BBC news reported the incident that embarrassed, shocked and angered Pakistanis all over the world. "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says India has never been a threat to Pakistan, and that militants in Indian-administered Kashmir are terrorists."
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7653687.stm)
"I can assure you that Pakistan will not be the first country ever to use (nuclear weapons) and Zardari borrowed a quote from his late wife, who once said that there's a "little bit of India in every Pakistani and a little bit of Pakistan" in every Indian" and" I do not know whether it is the Indian or the Pakistani in me that is talking to you today," Zardari said, amid applause from his high-profile audience, which included diplomats, politicians and industrialists"
First of all, we’ve had many politicians bent on cheaply renting our identity and sovereignty in the past but to sell if off completely? Never.
Has any Indian minister or prime minister or president ever addressed us from New Delhi via satellite? I agree that PPP has always had a hands-off policy towards India. Should we change this to selling Pakistan's policy to India completely? No self-respecting Pakistani will stand for this.
(http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=f0efd648-9d6c-4138-961e-c93947dcd381&Headline)
On 13th December, 2008 The News reported, "LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets intruded into Pakistan’s airspace twice on Saturday, drifting some four kilometres inside the Kashmir and Lahore sectors"
(http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18942)
On 30th December
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan said Tuesday that India had moved troops toward their shared border, following Islamabad's own redeployment of forces toward the frontier amid tensions over the Mumbai attacks."
(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473929,00.html)
On 24th January after witnessing the insult and defamation of Pakistan all over the world by India (the brotherly, friendly neighbour which was never a threat) and witnessing a potential military threat from India, Mr Zardari says something like this,"I do not consider India a military threat; the question is that India has the capability. Capability is what matters. [With regard to] intention I think we both have our good intentions."
"India is a reality, Pakistan is a reality, but Taliban are a threat, an international threat to our way of life. And at the moment, I'm focused on the Taliban. It's something that has been going on for a long time and of course went unchecked under the dictatorial rule of the last president."
Focussed on the Taliban. Right. Policies are not like Kodak cameras that you can focus or “unfocus” with the Americans behind the lens. Yes folks, the definition of military threat has been changed. It now excludes fighter planes of the IAF.
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5625759/Pakistan-India-no-longer-a-military-threat.html)
On April 25th 2009 Gen. Petraeus said, "Asserting that a mere recognition of threat posed by the Taliban to the country is not enough, a top American military general today said the Pakistan Army should shift its "tradional focus" from India to internal extremists."
(http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/25-Apr-2009/Pak-faces-threat-from-Taliban-not-India-Petraeus)
On 30th April 2009, President Obama said "On the military side, you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been misguided, and that their biggest threat right now comes internally,' Obama said at a prime time news conference Wednesday capping his 100th day in office."
This coming from a man who has made the brunt of his foreign policy an effort to “Talibanise” Pakistan and defends Pakistani intelligence’s allegations of weapon double-dealing with lame internet scam stories.
(http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=je4su1fieei&title=Obama_tells_Pakistan_obsession_with_India_as_mortal_threat_misguided)
On 5th May Robert Gibbs was saying, "The trilateral summit is an initiative of Obama, who wants to establish his own channel of direct communication with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the prime focus of his foreign policy."
"I think he (Obama) will reiterate what he said to you guys last week," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said when asked whether Obama will make it clear to Pakistan that "there's no threat from India."
Mr Obama, guard your own doors and not those of the whole world. CIA/Mossad/RAW are the biggest threat to this world. First secure your own borders, your own economy, and then tell others about threats. The only solution to GWOT is that USA & NATO forces leave Afghanistan.
If the next attack - according to you - will come from mountains in the north-west Pakistan and Afghanistan, then secure yourself first. If you are afraid of robbers, lock the doors of your house like any sensible citizen instead of going robber (read "terrorist")-hunting through the whole town! September 11th was a security lapse and you must admit that the people at Risk Assessment must have been asleep that day. If every other country is responsible for their own security, then so are you.
On 29th June 2009
"HYDERABAD: Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor has asked Pakistan to remove the perception that it faced a threat from India.“India was never a threat to
Pakistan. It is their [Pakistan’s] own perception which they have to remove. India would be happy if Pakistan fights terrorists on its western border with
Afghanistan and also on the eastern side,” Gen. Kapoor told journalists on the sidelines of the combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy at
Dundigal here on Saturday."
Is he stupid enough to think everyone will buy the same rubbish or he is in contact with Zardari & Obama? Was IAF jets incursion also a wrong perception?
On July 7th 2009 David Miliband says
"The enemy that Pakistan faces is a domestic terrorist, not a large and successful neighbour India, which has got far better things to do in the world of commerce and politics than end up in a standoff with Pakistan."
"At the same time, he was quick to point out: 'But remember, 61 years, India is the world's largest and most successful -- the largest democracy and the success story of the region."
Before submitting mindlessly into friendship with India, Zardari must realise whether the efforts and actions are being reciprocated by our neighbour. If yes, then the
calls for friendship are justified. If not, then Zardari must realise that India has no intention of maintaining peace despite the futile dialogues in its name.
In reality, India is blockading our water supply, thus hindering our trade and supporting insurgencies inside our territory. There is no fear of war, true. But that is
only because both of us are nuclear powers with second strike capabilities. However, war is forthcoming in the form of insurgencies and supply of ammunition to
"Taliban". Peace and friendship are great things, but the Pakistani nation refuses to sacrifice its national AND personal interests in its name.
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