Sir, you are right in every aspect of what you just said, there has to be an accountability, but I am saying is there are many other places which needs accountability too, why do we like to beat the old Establishment and its atrocities drum again & again?
In an active battlefield - before shooting a terrorists do you want Army to ask terrorist to hold fire and callout the Judges so they could hold them for a trail? oh good that you pointed out to the courts - well this is an all together different story. Because you will find it amusing that this terrorists get to hire the top Defense lawyers , those who are well reputed, and will make them walk out of the court free. The judges are under threat so they can't give a verdict, so are they going to say Mr taliban you are found guilty. and to top it all we have pathetic prosecution, and the incompetent lads who will contaminate the SOC first and than collect the evidence.
And who is going to be a witness for a terrorist caught in the battlefield. It is not US where a fellow solider will be a witness.
Whatever you said in the last para is true and we should do that - but we are looking at the wrong end of the tunnel
Sir, I ask for accountabilty across the board where it is needed, regardless of whether it is the Fauj, Politican of any stripe, or Judiciary, or anyone else for that matter.
Gen Kayani needs to answer for the extrajudicial murders being carried under his command. Zardari needs to account for his corruption cases. Nawaz Sharif needs to answer for his corruption cases and must also deliver on his promises that got him elected. Imran Khan needs to account for his policies asking for negotiations with the Taliban. The Supreme Court has to answer for its selective activism.
There is much to answer for by all sides. In this thread, Gen Kayani and his inquiry is the topic.
If you haven't my earlier posts, please do so again:
Sirs, have you considered the possibility that combatants can be presented before a military tribunal in the field?
Imagine this: those who were captured are taken to the battalion HQ, where a Colonel plus two other officers sit and the evidence from the battlefield is presented and recorded, and a harsh sentence is passed and carried out.
That is the smart way to do this. If international media or watchers raise any hue and cry, compare this process to the military tribunals in Guantanamo.
I hope you can see my point.
and:
Sir, Gen Kayani admitted the authenticity of the video to the US ambassador.
Besides, it is not sentimentality that I care about. I agree with you that the Taliban deserve all that we can mete out to them, and then some, but with the proper process.
Maro, zaroor maaro, magar saheeh tareekay sey.
That is all.
So if there are no survivors in an active battle field, all is well, good. Kill them all. But once they have been apprehended or have surrendered, the uniform and what it stands for imposes a required conduct befitting it. Then due process must be followed. Killing these subhumans in cold blood like that sullies the uniform needlessly.
As I said above, stand them in a line and have a Colonel plus two other officers sit in front of them, read out the charges, read out the evidence, and pass a death sentence. Then shoot them right there and then. Type up a report and send it to GHQ. Release it to the press. Done.
Like I said, maro, zaroor maaro, magar saheeh tareekay sey.
Why am I making this point again? Because those bastards have nothing to lose. But we have much to lose if we let ourselves fall to the same level of barbarism and lawlessness.
