tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145015894153352892.post7128050963594380162..comments2023-11-07T15:49:32.689+05:00Comments on Truth by Kbaig: New Wave of Propaganda against Pakistan Army and Pakistani Nuclear Assets..!Khalid Baighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15481588629562971077noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145015894153352892.post-46617137366643158962012-09-10T01:13:19.113+05:002012-09-10T01:13:19.113+05:00Dear Khalid
I am sharing my comment on Forign Poli...Dear Khalid<br />I am sharing my comment on Forign Policy web concerning TOM HUNDLEY's article. I hope that you would like it. By the way, thanks for your great analysis.<br />Kind regards<br />Bashy Quraishy<br />Secretary General - EMISCO -European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion Strasbourg/Copenhagen<br />Chair-Advisory Council-ENAR - Brussels<br />Chair-Jewish Muslim Co-operation Platform - Brussels<br />Mobile; 0045 40 15 47 71<br />Phone; 0045 38 88 19 77<br />www.bashy.dk<br /><br />-----------------------------------<br /><br />Although, the long article; Race to the end by TOM HUNDLEY ( FP SEPTEMBER 5, 2012) is much more nuanced than the usual anti-Pakistan garbage, FP dishes out time and again, Mr. Hundley could not refrain himself from repeating clichés and wishful thinking of USA decision makers, while talking about Pakistani nukes. For example, he states: <br />1. “For the United States, the nightmare scenario is that some of Pakistan's warheads or its fissile material falls into the hands of the Taliban or al Qaeda or, worse, that the whole country falls into the hands of the Taliban”<br />2. “This business of the Taliban taking over -- it can't be ruled out.”<br />3. “The greater danger is the theft of fissile material, which could be used to make a crude bomb”. <br />My simple answer is that if Pakistani nukes were so vulnerable to attack or be snatched, do not you think, USA, Israel and India would have made an effort to do so. The truth lies somewhere else. USA knows that few thousands Taliban, unprofessional, with no heavy weapons and have no combat training, have no wish to take on world’s 7th largest army, which is top professional, heavily armed, including atomic weapons and with 180 million proud Pakistanis behind them. Besides, USA does not want a Muslim country to be a nuclear power. Straight and simple cultural and religious motive. Someone should ask CIA and US military bosses; Are Pakistani nuclear weapons sitting in a basket like ripe bananas for anyone to come and take these home, much less primitive Talibans, who have no nuclear training, scientific knowledge and facilities to assemble the nukes and no means to use it. To me it is like assuming that USA nuclear bombs can fall in the hands of Ku Klux Klan or Right Extremist Militias in the country. <br /><br />Then TOM HUNDLEY continues; <br />“The fact that large swaths of the country are literally beyond the control of the central government is not reassuring”.<br />If Mr. HUNDLEY had time to venture out of his Islamabad hotel, he would have realized that Tribal areas constitute less than 5% of Pakistani territory of nearly 1 million square kilometers. Those areas have always been outside the government control since the British rule. I remember when Hillary Clinton stupidly remarked that Taliban are just 60 kilometer from Islamabad. It was such a foolish statement that he regretted it later. I wonder, why USA politicians and military commanders never think before they open their mouths and make fools of themselves.<br /><br />Then TOM HUNDLEY repeats another nonsense dished out by FP, such as “Pakistan, with its on-and-off military dictatorships (off at the moment), ranks 13th on Foreign Policy's most recent Failed States Index”.<br />NO country is a failed country much less Pakistan. Yes, a government may be corrupt and have failed in providing necessary facilities to its public but that does not mean Pakistan is not a functioning country. India has been always 8 times bigger than Pakistan but India did not suffer from the foolish policies of USA, when it attacked Afghanistan, drove millions of Afghans into Pakistan and forces it to spend 70 billion dollars against the so-called war on terror, which was also the net result of Afghan war. Before that Pakistan was developing fast with 7-8% development rate, with no violence and suicide attacks. <br />So Mr. TOM HUNDLEY, next time please be more neutral in your assessment even if US State Department pays for your trip to Pakistan .<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com