khair_ctg
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so i would assume your folks were in EP/BD then. that's fascinating. i feel very bad that such things happened to people. generally people in Bangladesh afterwards became clueless or ignorant about those events. but i know accounts mostly from the other side of your folks' allegiance and it was hardly a black and white all drawn-out war.My grand father and his sons(including my father) were also part of resistance against mukti bahini
my father told me that Pakistan army jawans after surrender gave them grenades and rifles for defence but unfortunately their weapons storage got destroyed when some mouse accidently hit grenade
i don't think you have seen in real life what happens when the prime minister or opposition leader makes a visit to a more distant city like Chittagong or Bogra or Sylhet. no country can be 'better off' if it goes from sovereignty to subjugation by enemy country. the reality is you are right about BD's relevance in the world but it needs to be seen where it historically was and where it could possibly be. in any case all that is in the interest of the Bangladeshis you hate is self-determination of what we know as Bangladesh whether by itself or in a federation with another landmass as we saw in recent historyNo doubt Ayub Khan had an impressive presence, but sadly the pictures tell the real story - he seems like a visiting dignitary from a foreign country not our very own President. The way things are today is how they were always destined to be and we'd all be better off accepting it.
Personally most Pakistani's I know couldn't care 2 figs what happens to BD now - so i don't know why the BDeshis are flagellating themselves publicly on this forum. A healthy dose of self-respect really is in order here (or a jump straight down the proverbial well, if they're too overcome with shame).
You would never even dream of a Pakistani saying they should rejoin India just because they're going through a bad phase - why on earth would any self-respecting BDeshi do the same?
Of course we should have good relationships with Pakistan but also India and every other player in the region. Everything BD is today is because of our own people's hard work, loyalty and inventiveness. Nobody gave BD anything on a plate. Now after 40-odd years, why do we need some other country to look after us?
Obviously, BD will never rejoin Pakistan, not only is it practically impossible but thousands died to create this country which is progressing faster than most in the region.
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