Sir,
It is about time that you took responsibility of your actions as well. You cannot blame one party all the time. You had the opportunity---You were presented the opportunity on a golden platter---and yet you wasted the opportunity like there was no tomorrow.
You wasted the opportunity by favoring thugs and murderers and criminals over your motherland Pakistan. Even though these criminals were doing killing and spreading terror in the communities---you never admitted that they would do that. You always chose to blame the hidden hand----.
Here---the enemy of the State of Pakistan is a Pakistani civilian---and I can understand the ISI general writing that article in he manner that he has written in----but the truth is---that until and unless Pakistanis are not put to shame on a national level---and made to own up to their blunders---we will always have problems.
Jhungary----you have no clue how illiterate an educated Pakistani is---. The whole of the nation lives on an ideology---" if it has not happened to me---it does not exist---if I do not know about it---I am not going to believe in it ." It has taken them 10 plus years just to accept that there are terrorists ready to destroy the country---and still there are many around---who---out of fear or other reasons---would rather have friends with the terrorists
@Slav Defence ----it was not a matter of whom we have a relationship----the problem is that of a commitment level. The problem was not knowing how to move forward with it. Pakistan wanted to play in the big boys club----but did not even have the ability to play in its own league. Where---there needed a maturity, confidence building, understanding the ever changing environment and adjusting to it in a heartbeat and kept moving forward---the pakistanis would chose to stop and look around looking lost in open daylight.
The bottom line as I have always stated is that Pakistan was never blamed for 9/11---the U S wanted Pakistan's help---they offered to help---but made a very poor deal with the americans---. Pakistanis did not understand what was happening in the arena---because of their new found relationship with America---they were just totally flabbergasted and overwhelmed with the situation.
The govt was on one side---and the public chose to be on the other side---the politic parties not in power got together with the media and started sabotaging the govt actions.
@jhungary----never before 9/11 had Pakistan so much wealth---the life of an average Pakistani changed within days and months---the govt that was broke---had billions---can you believe it that Pakistan---a nation begging at times---was giving out money to nations poorer that it---. That is where the political parties in the opposition benches started acting up----they saw billions of dollars and saw that they were getting nothing out of those billions---nothing to fill their pockets----so they joined and started the political movement against Musharraf's govt---
The govt was forced to sit with the terrs and make peace on pressure from the public and opposition---judges on opposition payroll started giving verdicts against the state----rallys against the govt stared and ultimately Mush was overthrown---.
Kiyani the coward came into power as the COAS and from that point onwards---it was all down hill for Pakistan. The political parties looted and plundered the state like there was no tomorrow----the most corrupt man Zardari became the President and this nation did not even " whimper."
Now---going back to the article---the general is wrong when he talks about creating bilateral ties and building relationship---well he means the relationship between the Pakistan govt / military and the U S--------. The problem that needs to be addressed over here is the Pakistani public---until and unless the public does not change its manners and thinking---there will be issues with this relationship. That part needs to be addressed first and foremost---after that it would all be downhill.
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