The U.S. striked in the Pakistan’s territory in search of Talibans without taking the Pakistani rulers in confidence. The Talibans were goomed by Pakistan in connivance with the U.S. CIA. Indeed it was an attack on the sovereignty of a nation. But Pakistan could not and did not do anything barring the vailed protest. However, Pakistanis were on roads in several cities to protest against this approach of the U.S.A.
In Pakistan, most politicians and all military rulers have manipulated religion in an attempt to strengthen their hold or to cling to power. This unholy alliance between the purveyors of religion and the military has been forged over time.
Little wonder, Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf admitted that Pakistan had sponsored ‘militancy’ an euphemism for terrorism (just as ‘fidayeen’ is a glorification of suicide terrorists).
Vikram Sood, a former chief of the RAW, the India’s external intelligence agency writes in the Hindustan Times( an Indian newspaper): “Unable to develop its own identity, Pakistan has lived far too long as a utility agency or a service industry where jehad has been outsourced.
Pakistan continues to be at the crossroads
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