Sunday, February 08, 2004
The Rogue Nuclear State
The reaction of intl community (and when I say intl community I mean America, because unfortunately we r today living in a unipolar world where America is virtually the imperial power) to Pak's role in nuclear proliferation is shocking. India, because of all noise of friendship with Pak, is has also mellowed itz voice! Any other time, India wud've been the biggest cribber, with demands of inspectors in Pak, demands of stripping it off the nuclear weapons, et al. With the "feel good factor" b/w the two countries, India is also reluctant to make much noise, as was seen by Yashwant Sinha's comments.
If Indian and American reactions r pathetic, more pathetic is the reaction within Pak. Although a lot of newspapers have accepted the fact that the this wud not have occured w/o the govt and military's support, there r still ppl who support AQ Khan. In an article in The Nation, this writer defends Khan for rendering "services of the highest order to his nation". No word on the illegal wealth he had amassed....was that also part of his service to the nation???
I'm amazed how Pakistan has survived decades of roguish behavior by been at the right place in the right time. If during cold war times, American needed it to combat Russia, now it needs its' assitance in Afghanistan. If 9/11 was a price America had to pay for itz support to Pak and Taliban, looks like it has still not learnt from it. I will not be surprised if America's turning a blind eye to Pak support to terrorism and nuclear proliferation will turn against it again later. As said, if you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting! And Pak must also realise that their luck will run out some time and when it does, it may just leave it totally deserted. Any other country, like Japan, wud learn from itz mistakes and drive themselves into the right direction. If 9/11 was that opportunity for Pak, they have dropped with with both the hands!
But then, what can u expect from a country where fundamemtalism is taking such deep roots with yrs of official nourishments. I have alwayz said that for peace in India, Pak shud cease to exist. There is no way building ppl-to-ppl realtions with a bunch of fundamentalists going to bring peace. Inshallah, one day we will have peace in south Asia!
History must repeat itself because we pay so little attention to it the first time
-Unknown
The reaction of intl community (and when I say intl community I mean America, because unfortunately we r today living in a unipolar world where America is virtually the imperial power) to Pak's role in nuclear proliferation is shocking. India, because of all noise of friendship with Pak, is has also mellowed itz voice! Any other time, India wud've been the biggest cribber, with demands of inspectors in Pak, demands of stripping it off the nuclear weapons, et al. With the "feel good factor" b/w the two countries, India is also reluctant to make much noise, as was seen by Yashwant Sinha's comments.
If Indian and American reactions r pathetic, more pathetic is the reaction within Pak. Although a lot of newspapers have accepted the fact that the this wud not have occured w/o the govt and military's support, there r still ppl who support AQ Khan. In an article in The Nation, this writer defends Khan for rendering "services of the highest order to his nation". No word on the illegal wealth he had amassed....was that also part of his service to the nation???
I'm amazed how Pakistan has survived decades of roguish behavior by been at the right place in the right time. If during cold war times, American needed it to combat Russia, now it needs its' assitance in Afghanistan. If 9/11 was a price America had to pay for itz support to Pak and Taliban, looks like it has still not learnt from it. I will not be surprised if America's turning a blind eye to Pak support to terrorism and nuclear proliferation will turn against it again later. As said, if you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting! And Pak must also realise that their luck will run out some time and when it does, it may just leave it totally deserted. Any other country, like Japan, wud learn from itz mistakes and drive themselves into the right direction. If 9/11 was that opportunity for Pak, they have dropped with with both the hands!
But then, what can u expect from a country where fundamemtalism is taking such deep roots with yrs of official nourishments. I have alwayz said that for peace in India, Pak shud cease to exist. There is no way building ppl-to-ppl realtions with a bunch of fundamentalists going to bring peace. Inshallah, one day we will have peace in south Asia!
History must repeat itself because we pay so little attention to it the first time
-Unknown
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