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The American
imperialism and Pakistan
There are headlines in
Pakistani newspapers that read, “A suicide bomber attacked a Shia funeral
killing 28 people”. We have been
reading the news like those since 2003, ever since the US invaded Iraq. But this news is not from
Iraq, this happened in Islamabad. There is an
uncanny resemblance of terrorism in Pakistan
to the one that existed in Iraq
after the American invasion. The covert forces which have been busy in Iraq, are now moving into Pakistan. The destruction of Iraq
is complete. The control of Pakistan
is the key to having American control of Afghanistan. Pakistan is their new target
now.
The combination of
poverty and illiteracy is being fully exploited by the enemies of Pakistan
to create chaos and cause ethnic and sectarian riots to lead up to a
complete destabilization of the country.
Ever since the Taliban
had refused to allow the Americans to run the oil/gas pipeline through Afghanistan, the Americans have been itching
to create an excuse to invade and control Afghanistan. The event of 9/11
became the pretext for the invasion. Within days of the 9/11, the Americans
announced its war on terror and consequently coerced and blackmailed Pakistan to make the American war on Afghanistan,
it’s own. According to a well thought out plan, the Bush administration
dictated to General Musharraf to provide
facilities in Balochistan to set up a military
base with additional provisions such as:
Pakistan was to allow:
- The US citizens in and out of
the country at will without any visa requirements.
- The US citizens to carry fire
arms without getting them registered with Pakistani authorities.
- The US citizens’ freedom to move with no
restrictions or record to be kept by Pakistani authorities.
- The US contractors to import
any material/machinery without paying excise duties or taxes.
- No checking of the materials being
imported or exported by the American contractors
- The US aircrafts and other
vehicles to move and park free of landing fees or parking fees.
- Pakistan to provide free telecom system.
- The US officials to walk into
any office of any government department where they would expect full
cooperation from the government authorities.
- No Pakistani law would apply to the US
citizens.
- If a Pakistani happens to be killed at the
hands of an American citizen, Pakistan cannot demand for
compensation.
Gen. Musharraf had to go along with the US demands or be prepared to
get bombed back to the stone age.
The Americans will do
any thing by hook or by crook to ensure they have access to cheap energy
and raw materials of the world so that 6% of the world population will keep
consuming 25% of the world resources.
After serving the
Americans for several years, as Musharraf started
to show more and more reluctance to fight the American war making it Pakistan’s
own, it was time for the regime change. The one with any patriotism was
removed and as expected, compradors were soon installed and the Americans
went back to their imperial big game with new vigor.
The discovery of the
fact that the drones were taking off from Balochistan
may be a surprise for the Pakistani citizens, but it appears to be an open
secret that the authorities were in cahoots with Washington from the begining.
They are obviously not going to do any thing against the masters who put
them in power. While the Americans have turned Pakistan
into a war zone that is taking a heavy toll on its economy, security and
stability, we have not heard a word from the government of Pakistan as to what are their plans for the
future of Pakistan
and its economic recovery.
Obama is sending
another 17000 troops to Afghanistan,
while the supply route for the American and NATO forces is in shambles. The
existing supply route, almost 2000 km from Karachi
to Kabul via Khyber is almost non existent
now after the resistance groups, dubbed as the Pakistani Taliban, have
blown one of the bridges near Khyber pass.
With additional troops in Afghanistan,
reliable supply routes are essential. The Americans have considered talking
to the Russians to use the Northern Afghani routs, but the Russian
president Medvedev has declined to offer that
help. With their hat in hand, the Americans may have to talk to the
Iranians for a supply route, but it is too early to say what will transpire.
In the meanwhile, back
to Pakistan,
the CIA is extremely busy in creating chaos. Also, it is busy covertly
working with many Balochi traitors who would like
to separate Balochistan for personal gains and
turn Balochistan into an American client state.
In the face of all
this mayhem that the so called American war on terror has created in the
region, a few natural questions arise: What exactly are the Americans doing
there? Would the additional 17000 troops be looking for Bin Laden? Is the
Afghani girls’ education the paramount objective that must be met by spending
billions of borrowed dollars and killing thousands of people? No, no one is
interested in Bin Laden or getting the Afghani girls educated. It was just
a ploy that the imperial powers use to start the trouble, then, one thing
leads to another and in time every one forgets about the real reason of the
issue. Since October 2001, it is now well over 8 years for the American
terrorism in Afghanistan.
During the last couple of years it has now moved into Pakistan. Most of the American
public has already forgotten about Bin Laden, the administration was never
interested in him any way. For all intents and purposes, the American
terrorism in Afghanistan is now know as the ‘Afghanistan issue’ – as if
Afghanistan had an issue and the Americans were only too gracious to go
there to sort it out for the good of Afghanis.
The real reason is one
and one only – American empire’s ambition to have a full control over the
corridor through which they want to run a pipeline into the Central Asia and
stay in the backyard of Russia
and China.
A lot of 4-star
generals, the state secretaries, presidents and vice presidents are running
around, but did they ever mention the real reason of all this bedlam? No,
and they won’t.
Here is what is
happening in Pakistan.
Various forces are
working mostly out of ‘step’ with each other, which are:
1.
The Pakistani Resistors: Also
called (by the enemies of Pakistan)
the militants, Islmists, terrorists, Pakistani
Taliban, insurgents or Jihadis. These are mostly
the Pashtoons. Recall, all these people were
called the Mujahedeen during the
Soviet invasion. The Pashtoons have always been a
big part of the Pakistani ethnic landscape, who mostly in NWF province and
FATA, but also in Balochistan and Karachi. During 1980s
struggle against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,
millions of Afghanis came to Pakistan
and never returned to Afghanistan.
Many of them feel strongly against Pakistan’s
(forced) decision to participate in the American war on terror against Afghanistan.
These are the people who are thought to be a challenge for the American
supply routs from Karachi
to Khyber.
2.
External Intelligence Agencies: CIA
and RAW are covertly busy fighting a proxy war. Unlimited money is
available for the takers who can arrange to find and brain wash some idiots
to offer themselves for suicidal bombing in the way of God to become a well
deserved candidate for 70 huris in the hereafter. These are the forces that look
for the religiously inclined but devoid of any worldly intelligence to
trigger the ethnic or religious riots. One cannot possibly overlook the
resemblance of terrorism that has started in Pakistan
during the last couple of years with that which existed in Iraq.
We have no idea how many CIA agents are busy conspiring against Pakistan
and its existence.
CIA is also knee deep
busy with some politicians in NWF province, Balochistan
and Karachi just as India was involved with Sheikh Mujeeb in East Pakistan during 1960s conspiring against
Pakistan.
It should not be a rocket science to understand why Americans want ISI and Pakistan
army to become a second fiddle because they want CIA to have free hand to
destroy the country to their heart’s content.
3.
The Government in the office: During the first six months after getting
into the office, they had only one concern: how to get rid of Musharraf. It is not know if they had acted on any plan
for Pakistan’s
future, its economy, unemployment, setting up of
industry, creation of jobs, education, health or inflation. During the
first six months, at least they has an objective
to work for. After Musharraf’s resignation, it is
not clear if the government has accomplished any thing or has any plans for
the future of the country. It is not clear how far they are allowed to go
by Washington in connection with serving Pakistan.
What can be done to save Pakistan?
Pakistan must ask the Americans to leave their country.
America’s war is not Pakistan’s
war and the interests of the two countries do not coincide. The American
military bases in Pakistan
must be closed; all CIA agents must be thrown out. Any thing short of this
would cause existential problems for Pakistan in the near future.
The big question here is: would the present government have to nerve to ask
the Americans to leave their soil?
Without Pakistan’s help, the American invasion of Afghanistan
would come to a screeching halt. Kyrgyzstan has recently told
the Americans to close down their air base in that country. Pakistan should learn from Kyrgyzstan. Pakistan needs to think about
its survival and its own future without being a client to American
imperialism.
Javed I. Chaudry
Feb
20, 2009
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