MBQ: I do respect your posts. And was one of the reason i thought i needed to reply here.
It amuses me no end to wonder why do you have to drag your COAS into this?. Not just you, but i have seen a lot many Pakistani members attacking Mr.Kayani.
Is it his job to fight militants in your streets?
Is it his job to play any role in the prosecution and release of Mr.Davis?
In any other part of the world (including mine -- INDIA), we would not have expected the armed forces to do anything beyond what is its core responsibility ie; Protecting our borders. You guys asked Mushraff to quit. You elect a democratic government. And now you want the armed forces to play the role of a Government. And if it refuses, you call it Traitor. Sounds twisted to me.
The more i read Pak Members comments here, the more it seems as if they want the armed forces to stage a coup and overthrow the government.
Just my 2c.
Dear Stumper... thanks for the comment...
From what I have gathered from my Indian friends (whom I befriended in Europe) is that India has a very very professional ethos as far as its Army is concerned... The Army has never and never does interfere in politics... It is setup with a specific goal and has been serving in its duties ever since (we obviously consider it an enemy army but thats a totally different issue)...
In Pakistan the Army is something totally different... The Army has played multiple roles in our country... Its political power cannot be denied... even when it is not directly ruling, it sits on the sides and is ready to take power if it feels threatened by any action of the civilian government... You should consider the fact that the Army has been in Power for many years since Pakistan was formed...
in this scenario, you place all the variables and you should NOT be surprised to see us cursing Kayani... He is the COAS of a powerful Army which interferes in politics all the time... There is no way on Earth that Davis could ve been let go without the will of Kayani/Pasha and other top brass of Pak Army... so when you have a situation like this, it would make sense to curse this man who is supposed to serve the nation yet he stabs the nation in the back...
As for the democracy... its a joke in Pakistan... we have no use for it... The Army should be backing the rule based in Islam... but you see the top brass of the Army is a hurdle for us in this because they will lose their power under Islam... I ll give you an example...
Khalid Bin Waleed RA is a famous Muslim General... but once he apparently made some mistake and the Caliph of his time Umar RA ordered that Khalid be brought back IN CHAINS and the Caliph demoted Khalid from the role of Chief of the Army... Unless our thick headed Army leaders realize that they are supposed to serve the people instead of becoming their rulers and get rid of this ruling mentality... we are going no where...
There a million good things about India... an Army that serves its people and country and has never taken the role of ruling is just one of them!!!!!
(expecting a huge wave of thanks from the Indians for this post
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