This may answer your concerns.
I accept this confrontation for sake of justice, so does every one else supporting this cause, at midnight when my President was sleeping he was asked one liner friends or foes, typical western style like dead or alive! He said friends no money-changed hand, nor it should normally. It will be a price that we have to pay; in first few days some were trying their level best to get us declared as the target, luckily we escaped from this all with our integrity intact.
We have offered US all the support since 1960's rather our independence, Gary Powel use to fly out of Peshawar from Budbier in U-2’s that is the reason USSR never liked us nor does it now in bed with us, we supported your decision to overturn Russian invasion of Afghanistan, we were partly responsible for that bringing down the USSR empire with your help that expedited the fall of Iron Curtain in Europe and what happened, let me tell US ditched us immediately soon after that, these poor people have been treated like poor vassal state. We have given you Amil Kansi and Ramzi Yousef , they were arrested by FBI in 1995-97 within hinterland of Pakistan deported out within an hour, no extradition nothing, no courts these are the criminals who attacked the WTC and CIA officials, in return we have been treated on par with states like Sudan and other states and that is one reason we have people who tell us why you want to support US now when we will be forgotten soon after that. In Gulf war we had 20,000 people in SA. Pakistan unfortunately talks about Islam a lot but is one of the most moderate of the states within our part of the world, I can write like this even when I am in Pakistan I will not be picked up by state security even when I was opposing Nuclear detonations no one asked me why you are doing that, in Arab world show dissidence and you are history but most unfortunately we are treated as same bunch as Sudan or Iraq if nothing better. However anytime you need us we are there by your side. That makes me feel proud of my nation, to side with justice.
This money thing is just propaganda, our stocks market is closed now for 5th day in running it has tanked by 15% and will not open until Monday, we had no other choice, either we would have been the target of war and our Nuclear deterrence would have been destroyed by people who wanted us to be the US enemy number 1 which my people saw it coming and intelligently sided with the state that we decided in 1947 to side with. On our independence we had two invitations one from USSR other from USA, we went on the side of US from 1947 our neighbour the other way, we joined USA in SEATO, CENTO, we brought the balance in Asia in face of rising threat to communism.
Pakistan military and US military has closest of ties, until yesterday when I wrote on this thread that preparation are far advanced since 14th Us SSG’s are n Pakistan preparing for landings, no one thought that but today 100 planes are heading towards bases in Pakistan, we have taken on the wrath of the Khan and Pushtuns we have our own Pushtuns over 15 million, the worst of enemies USSR and British can tell you, you take a fight with them that runs 15 generation, we have taken that on. These people will hate us more than US because we betrayed them in their opinion we think we had to do that, the Generals I talk to tell me it was in first few minutes that Musharraf decided where he is going on basis of ‘justice’ he told them we cannot overlook this. Think hard about if your target was Pakistan, you could have decimated us in no time but that would have resulted in a major problem with many of the states who protect us, China AND Saudis would HAVE never allow this, if oil embargo would have to come it could have ONLY come if Pakistan would have been declared a target without cause, that what our enemies wanted us to be declared.
Saudis since nuclear detonation by Pakistan are paying for the entire oil imports on a interest free credit, China needs us as a proxy against India, and takes care of our needs and would not have allowed open aggression on us for reasons that we never understood, and had no connection with this act for which we were initially being targeted by global media harping reports that Pakistan is involved whereas not a single Pakistani has been involved so far luckily would have hated that.
Pakistan could have waited and sold herself as prostitute to the highest bidder that would certainly be USA, we don’t do that and please don’t read this propaganda, the people in Pakistan need to be told that we have material benefits from it, we are just doing what we have always done being unknown friends of US in need and in times, no discussion have taken place so far, I will quote US ambassador to Pakistan that US is studying to help Pakistan.
Just thank God that we had a liberal heading Pakistan if otherwise, fragmentation of a nation with a huge nuclear arsenal would be nightmarish. It could be done but at a cost that would be horrendous. Someone with 50 nuclear bombs and 200 missiles and fourth largest standing Army in the world who has spent his entire GDP foolishly of over 50% on defence would have taken some time to be conquered that would have required a coalition that would bring in India and may be Israel, that would have been a true confrontation with China and Islamic word on one side and USA, USSR, India and Israel on the other and Pakistan as a target with Afghanistan. This is what Clash of Civilisation could have been, that policy luckily US ARMY torpedoed, Powel and Cheney knew our longstanding involvement and relationships with US and as luck would have it our intelligence chief of ISI was in Washington on 11th of Sept and taken to briefing straight away.
In Nato or outside I will like to inform you that Pakistan has been the closest US allies, unfortunately for reasons not to alienate domestic homegrown extremist this has been a well-kept secret. Whenever US wanted anything they get it on priority basis, we understand that we need US on our side we are a young nation and need US more than US needs us. I think our loans will stay and we will just be given a good conduct certificate for our work like before, we are no Arabs like Egypt and Saudi who manufacture these deranged –astards who can fly these things right into the buildings, but we are a very sensible nation and we are prod to be part of this collation to set things right and I hope US makes sure that next time they have sensible people running Afghanistan and help eradicate this extreme poverty to win the cold war on belly of Afghanistan and to leaver it to rot my have been the biggest error of the liberals within US. Like Germany we could have had a small very small Marshal Plan to rebuild them after USSR break up, Afghanistan expedited it, Brezhnev had lost his face in Politburo, the huge toll of life of Russians FAR TO GREAT, the dream of Peter the great to reach the warm waters of Persian Gulf was thwarted by the US-Pakistani Afghan coalition, once that goal was not possible the USSR crumpled as a result of 9 year bloody quagmire they could not extricate themselves form it. US on other had has an ally that knows the region and knows the country inside out, they would not get bogged down. Read ‘Bear trap’ and you will see.
Iqbal Latif
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