PAK::AFFAIRS

Yes, this was not news for a while and hasn’t been and now we do see exactly what’s happening. The problem is here and is real.

Hillary Clinton complains that she is concerned that none of the Pakistanis especially living in the US have raised any voice or shown any rage against this Taliban problem that is menacing Pakistan. News flash to her is that we have been raising voices and have been trying to clean our own house too, but the US and its media never stopped demonizing Pakistan and continued to suppress legitimate Pakistani voices in its course. The Pakistani leadership either in Pakistan or sitting in the US as ambassadors et al are feudal lords, old school ideologues or pure kiss ass gentry who have no interest in the actual situation or problem or the courage to solve it. Their hunger for power and the spoils that come with it have blinded them – and pretty soon they won’t even have that anymore as it seems.

If US wants to work with these patsies and feudal menace and not the Pakistanis who do actually care and want to fix this problem but lack the backing from any power structure; the results will bite us all eventually. Pakistan will not fall to Taliban but will potentially come under its influence and the rest you can imagine. But then again Pakistan is not a banana republic, it can take care of its problems provided we are not taught democracy, human rights issues or given idiotic leadership under the guise of farce democratic system. We have different sets of problems that require different types of approaches and means and we know what they are. So back off of Pakistan’s case! If you want to help, then help otherwise keep your criticism to where it belongs.

Now if I and the like-minded Pakistani people have the power and authority, I swear Taliban will be history sooner than they can shit. I am not trying to be pompous about it, just putting it out there. But no, that is not going to happen – but remember I just raised the collective Pakistani voice and the will to offer our wisdom and knowledge. What will continue to happen is the foreign agencies will keep on supporting and financing special sects of Taliban created to weaken Pakistan. And if that is the eventual goal, I must say that the plan is moving on; but the ones who are pushing this strategy be warned that our silence doesn’t mean that we are oblivious to who the source is and what the end game is. Time will sort this out very soon.

Pakistanis in general feel that the US is playing a double game. There seems to be two US power structures that influence the policy of this region. One of them seems sincere in solving the problems, but the powerful one that actually calls the shots is really doing quite the opposite. The second group also has a backing and support of Pakistan’s regional and other adversaries. The separatist movement in Baluchistan and Taliban insurgency in FATA has our “frienemy” behind it to achieve long term regional interests, energy corridor being one of them. Also the Taliban have been infiltrated, some of them have been given a new leadership such as Baitullah Mehsud that basically perpetrates a separate agenda which is not necessarily Islamic Shariah or Jihad rather just to offer confusion and recruit and brainwash its members to be sent into Pakistan to create havoc and terror essentially to weaken the State. These are the real patsies instructed and trained to be the enemies of the State. This sentiment and understanding is more common among Pakistanis than anyone outside of it can imagine. Pakistani citizens have been held hostage with the power structure that answers to US only and not to its citizens, also a very widely accepted notion.

Pakistanis do not trust their government or the US. Caught in the middle they feel betrayed and helpless. This lack of trust is then exploited by all flavors of Taliban. This frustration is reaching at its boiling point among Pakistanis and will result in actions that will disrupt the big game and new faces with new ideas will get a hold of the power structure eventually. This will not be the Iranian type revolution nor Talibanization of Pakistan, this will be more secularist in nature fueled  by nationalistic fervor. More aligned with Turkish style of government where civilians assert the rule with military’s backing. This is exactly what Pakistan will end up having and most probably needs.

Now before we get there a lot will happen in terms of chaos. Real friends of Pakistan should support the country without agenda and in full sincerity with an understanding that it will be mutually beneficial not only to Pakistan but the region and the world. Pakistan has enough human and natural resources that it can take care of itself economically and otherwise, What Pakistan needs is wise leaders and technical know-how quickly to combat its internal problems. Once the coherent level ground is achieved with peace among selves and military supremacy, Pakistan’s potential in growth will shock the world and potentially put Japan and South Korea to shame.

Now we are not naive enough to expect to be left alone even after all the dust settles down and a new ray of hope guides the country. A dozen plus separatist insurgencies within India will continue to be blamed on Pakistan’s ISI and state players, Hindu Fundamentalists from India will continue on with their Anti-Pakistan agenda, the nuclear power status of predominantly a Muslim country will always be unacceptable to our adversaries and the list goes on. With the right leaders and carefully crafted foreign policy and real allies on board, these issues can be addressed in a clever and offensive fashion.

Hillary are you listening to this? Even though this is none of your business.

Long Live Pakistan!