Who's to blame for Pakistan's 1971 Debacle?

[El Sidd]

The breakup happened almost half a century ago, much longer then the time the two nations were United. It is for the best both went their separate ways. BDs future is tied with India while Pakistans is with China.
We are two separate nations, peoples and cultures. Good luck to both.

The definition of two separate nations can easily be applied to all 4 administrative units at the time of the country.

Concept of martial race exists as much in Pakistan as it exists in India where it's religiosity is more of a concern than its polity.

 

[Chris Logan]

These divisions that the British left still divides us. Religion, Chaste ,"martial races".
Btw the concept of martial races came up after the 1857 rebellion when the British wanted to classify what races the precived as well built but lacked political strength. It's just a propagandist division tool to keep us from coming togather.

 

[khanasifm]

1 Yaya
2 Bhutto
3 mujeeb

In that order but yaya was not a politician so not expecting much so called Bhutto who has proved again and again not a statesman but a crooks hungry for power

It’s was a political problem tried to be solved with military power same goes for 77 Bhutto era

 

[PradoTLC]

Many in Pakistan are quick to blame Pak military for what led to the creation of Bangladesh. But BBC's Owen Bennet Jones has detailed #Bhutto's role in getting Pakistan in 1965 & 1971 wars to blame & weaken PakistanArmy for his own political ambitions.

Is This a 1971 Moment in Pakistan's History?

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It can be reasonably argued that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a key architect of the tragic events that unfolded in 1971. Many analysts agree with late Governor Salman Taseer of the PPP who said that "the lion's share of the blame" for 1971 goes to Mr. Bhutto. Here's what Mr. Taseer wrote in his book "Bhutto: A Political Biography":

"Blame can never be satisfactorily or finally apportioned to the major players in this grisly drama, but that Bhutto, Mujibur Rahman and Yahya Khan share responsibility there can be no doubt. Many, indeed, are inclined to the view that Bhutto, as the most sure-footed politician of the three and thus the best equipped to assess the consequences of his actions, must accept the lion's share of the blame. Argument on this point will remain one of the central themes of Pakistani politics, perhaps for decades."

A number of actions and pronouncements by Mr. Bhutto support Gov Taseer's conclusion. Some of these are:

1. While the rest of the political parties winning two-thirds of the National Assembly seats agreed to attend the 1971 post-election session in Dacca, Mr. Bhutto refused to do so.

2. Not only did Mr. Bhutto announce his PPP's boycott of the assembly, he also threatened to "break the legs" of any one from West Pakistan who agreed to attend.

3. Mr. Bhutto urged the military to act against Shaikh Mujib-ur-Rahman's Awami Leage which had absolute majority in the National Assembly elected in 1971.

4. After General Yahya Khan was persuaded by Bhutto to act against the Awami League, Mr. Bhutto welcomed the army operation in East Pakistan by saying "Thank God, Pakistan is saved" on the day the military started its action in East Pakistan....knowing full well that it would invite an Indian invasion as it did.

5. There was wide support for a Polish ceasefire resolution in the UN Security Council to end the 1971 India-Pakistan war before Dhaka fell. But Mr. Bhutto, as General Yahya Khan's special envoy, refused to go along and walked out of the UN meeting.

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collective failure.

all of us are at fault.