This article was inevitable, the horrible decisions by the military ruler at the time was the key factor. The Americans even condemned Yahya's actions behind the scene. Nixon was thoroughly against Yahya's approach. Indians struck at the right time and in the right moment...
the article sums up sh**. to say the Punjabi-majority Pakistani army targeted 'Bengalis' meaning they targeted the largest racial group of Pakistanis is beyond ridiculous. it was Pakistani army's duty to its people to crack down on Indian agents (not on 70 million Bengalis) who were causing massive disruption in the running of entire East Pakistan, and that is what the army set out to do.
India planned destabilization of East Pakistan long before. the West Pakistan-based military government walked into the trap and got played. the biggest blunder was how WP military was able to isolate the Bengali personnel and the Bengali personnel got used by the pro-Indian agents to their advantage. but ultimately it was East Pakistanis who became slaves, and West Pakistanis just went on to live in a sovereign country (except for the Kashmir part).
these are not my opinions and these are not what i like to think happened. these are facts, whether you like it or not.
THE BLOODBATH BEGINS
On March 25, when talks between the Pakistani government and the electoral victors broke down, the Pakistani army, wielding weapons supplied by the United States, launched a determined assault on the Bengalis in East Pakistan -- often, as later became apparent, singling out the minority Hindu population.
seriously?? this is the definition of propaganda. there was nothing like this experienced by our family members who were alive back then but such lies are still forced on.
PAL with Sheikh Mujib as its leader wanted to lead the new Pakistani government. talks DID NOT "break down" on March 25 followed by a large army appearing out of the woodwork. the 'election victors' (Awami League) did not want to turn East Pakistan into Indian colony, they wanted to form Pakistani government. extreme leftist elements ideologically hated anything to do with Islam or the Muslim identity of the people and the Muslim identity of their heritage. anyways, they started massive destabilization at least as early as Dec 1970. the army started taking preparations (to control the situation) around mid-March 1971.
My opinion:
the main 'founding father' of East and West Pakistan was MA Jinnah. Hussein Suhrwardy was a very close associate of and under MA Jinnah. and then Sheikh Mujib was a gunda of Hussein Suhrwardy. you see how much low in the food chain Sheikh Mujib was. East Pakistanis went from having MA Jinnah as the 'founding father' to having the gunda of another slightly lower rank 'founder father' as one. and it was not by the choice of East Pakistanis.
Sheikh Mujib was used by some vile leftists to turn East Pakistan into a Hinduized country (i'm not against Hindus, but East Pakistan was founded to be a Muslim state for the Muslim-majority population by the Muslim-majority population).
even though there were far worse people than Sheikh Mujib in East Pakistani politics, Sheikh Mujib came from too lowly a background to have lead entire Pakistan or just East Pakistan/BD alone. but the fact that a gunda-background person came to be the main leader of Bangladesh, it has had adverse effect for entire East Pakistani/BDi politics and society.
You traitor should not throw away some selective word here and there.I don't have a mustard seed amount of love for India,I am 100 percent pro-Bangladeshi and that's what matters to me.
Regarding East Pakistan,why do you think it would have been any way better then current Bangladesh? East Pakistan was completely defenceless against any possible aggression of India.Did you forget 1965 war?Pakistani leadership cared only the defence of west pakistan and that's where they spend all the budget money.In the current situation at least we can fight for our defence regardless of outcome rather then looking helplessly to west pakistan. I am all for strengthening defence capability of Bangladesh so that it can resist any possible Indian or any other country's aggression.On the other hand you spineless creature will accept west pakistani master for your protection although they look down on you and ready to ditch you at any time like they did in 1971.
it doesn't matter what you say about India. if you had a mustard seed of love and respect for the Bangladeshi people, present or past, you would NOT support the destruction of the very state they founded, i.e. East Pakistan, period. East Pakistan converting into Bangladesh could never have happened unless India with USSR's help did not start their operation in the first place before March 1971 and militarily invaded East Pakistan. whether you know it or not, there is nothing pro-Bangladeshi about you and you're pro-fascist India to the core. i myself am not anti-India but i don't have a choice but to be against Indian government's destructive activities affecting my nation.
the meaning of traitor and patriot is very clear cut. good luck reversing it.
So accept Bangladesh and move on.
