Divided We Fall

It is an age old story. An old man summoned his sons and gave them a bundle of sticks to break. None could break a stick in the bundle. And then, the old man untied the bundle, and gave a stick to each son, which was easily broken by everyone.
Its such a common story that I am sure everyone on the planet have read or heard it before. Unfortunately, the story and its moral is forgotten by every Islamic country in the world, just as the orders about good deeds in the Holy Qur’an are forgotten. Muslims united under the guidance of prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) more than fourteen centuries ago. United, Muslims ruled much of the known world in the next few centuries, though the seeds of divisions among Muslims were sown, not long after prophet Muhammad’s (Peace be upon him) death. History is full of battles and betrayals among Muslim rulers. Consequently, they lost the power over the world because of their divisions.
There is a famous saying in English language, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Islamic countries have been making fools of themselves for centuries. They experienced glorious times at the height of Umayya and Abbassi caliphates. And they went through rough times when those and other Islamic empires fell. They did not learn any lesson from that turbulent ride of power. Even after so many centuries and so many defeats because of their divisions, they are still divided, to this day.

There are at least 47 countries where Muslims are in majority. Almost every one of these countries has hatred for other Islamic countries in its region. Libya is the latest case in point. When the coalition of Christian countries, predominantly the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and France, attacked Libya shamelessly and unprovoked, none of the forty seven Islamic states had the courage or the desire to stand up for one of their own. In the recent history, Libya is the third Islamic country directly attacked by the coalitian of Christian countries, after Iraq and Afghanistan. Muslims around the world have rightfully, started asking, who is next. But whoever it is, rest assured, the rest of the Islamic countries will turn a blind eye, until its their turn.

(Just daydreaming..         All Islamic countries could put their militaries on high alert, informing the coalition of Christian countries that an attack on Libya or any other Islamic country will be considered as an attack on all Islamic countries. And that, Libya should be left alone to deal with her problems herself, just like any other country in the world. What would they do. Start the third world war? But again, like I said, Just daydreaming!)

Raymond Davis Released

Murderer has been released..

If Pakistani armed forces have any honor left, the Pakistani army should seal the borders right now. Pakistan Air Force should shoot down any planes trying to take off, and the Pakistan Army should shoot Raymond Davis while he is not in state custody, in response to opening fire on Pakistani forces.

War on terror equals might is right.

Following are the words, taken from Wikipedia.

Linguist George Lakoff of the Rockridge Institute has argued that there cannot literally be a war on terror, since terror is an abstract noun. “Terror cannot be destroyed by weapons or signing a peace treaty. A war on terror has no end.”

So, is it safe to say, it is an endless war against, whoever “the powerful (nation/s)” deem “terrorists”?

I call it the “Law of the Jungle” otherwise called “Might is Right”, still prevailing in this so-called “civilized” world.

On the lighter side

Surfing through the TV channels, I stumbled across this masterpiece by a very talented 20 year young man “Usman Riaz”, and felt like sharing with everyone else.

Drone Attacks and Pakistani Missiles

How ironic it is that these two news are set in the newspaper right next to each other.

http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101189724&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110312

http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101189725&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110312

What good are all those missiles, our military is developing, if they cannot be used to protect its citizens. Yes, citizens and not terrorists. The news clearly states that in at least one drone attack, twelve people were killed, out of which,only three were ALLEGED terrorists. So, what about the rest of the nine people. Were they rats? And even the three ALLEGED terrorists, did they not have a right to prove their innocence. Who gave anybody the right to kill anybody, on the basis of allegations, without a trial in a court?

I am sure, Allama Iqbal said the following, for occasions like these.

“Jis khait say dehqan ko mayassar na ho rozi..

us khait ke her khosha-e-gundum ko jala do”.

People’s Representatives

Being a Pakistani, have you ever wondered how or why, Pakistanis are being lebeled as terrorists, around the globe. Take a look at this piece of news.  

http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101189097&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110311 

Now, here is a perfect example of the kind who are representing the people of Pakistan on national and international levels.

US Department of State

Here is a great insight into the U.S. Department of State and the so-called revolutions around the world.

http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/03/us-department-of-imperial-expansion.html

Proud Pakistani

Reading a local newspaper yesterday, I came across a report on an article posted in “The Wall Street Journal” about Pakistan. The title of the article is “The Myth of Moderate Pakistan”. The author of the article is “Sadanand Dhume”, an Indian writer based in Washington D.C. For those interested in reading the article, here is a link

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703386704576185843562595056.html

The article, in a nutshell, is the traditional mentality of an average Indian, still refusing to accept the fact that Pakistan is a sovereign state. Every word of the article reflects the deep-seated hatred of the author against Islam and Pakistan. Sadanand Dhume has a few publications under his name according to wikipedia, almost all of which are centered upon hate against Islam. Here is the link through wikipedia to those publications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadanand_Dhume

But staying on the topic, I would like to address the issues Sadanand Dhume has raised in his recent publication in the journal.

First and foremost, he has pointed out that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban murdered the Pakistani politician Shahzad Bhatti. It is no secret that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban is a terrorist organization which has no affiliation with the Talibans in Afghanistan. The Afghani Talibans have rejected the idea on numerous occasions. It is a shameful attempt by the anti-Islam terrorists like the CIA and others to defame Islam and counter the popularity of Islam among the followers of other religions. Anyone who has the slightest interest in Pakistan’s current affairs knows that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban was created by CIA for this very purpose. Here is a link to an article detailing the links between CIA and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban, for those with doubts. http://warincontext.org/2011/02/27/cia-linked-to-pakistan-taliban/

In the fifth paragraph of his article, Sadanand Dhume could no longer hide his intent and went on to display his belief that Islamic ideas are wrong. The article reads

                                  “Islamist parties may not garner large-scale electoral support, but Islamist ideas are widely tolerated by mainstream political parties.”,

.. So in his view, Islamic ideas are wrong or bad. For some strange reason, I have a notion, Sadanand Dhume must have been briefed by other Muslims, what Islam stands for and what it does not stand for. Terrorism is one thing Islam definitely does not stand for and Pakistan Tehkree-e-Taliban is not an Islamic organization. But, I have no intention of wasting my time to try to explain it to anybody, especially to people who are not listening.

Eighth paragraph of the article opens with author’s remarks about the infamous “Anti-American sentiments”. Sadanand Dhume goes on to explain that Pakistan is the country where the American favor ratings are at 17%, least among the countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project. I wonder why? Let’s see, America is such a peace-loving country. It is the only country whose leaders had the hearts to kill quarter of a million people in an instant with its atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is a nation who has been constantly at war even before its creation, but more importantly, thousands of miles away from its own borders, on other nations’ soils in the more recent times, which most people around the world (some even in the United States itself) call intervention and occupation. http://americanhistory.about.com/library/timelines/bltimelineuswars.htm.   It’s agencies like CIA is always busy in illegal activities around the globe. http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/CIAtimeline.html. The list can go on for the heroic deeds of this peace-loving nation called The United States of America, and then they have the guts to go out in the world and conduct surveys about who likes them most. Well excuse me, it seems like those surveys are only meant to find out who is aware of the American atrocities and who is not. Being a Pakistani, I am proud to know that we are atop the list who know what is going on.

In the ninth paragraph, Sadanand Dhume has again blamed Islam calling the terrorism by the CIA and its’ likes, “intolerance” embedded in the founding idea of a separate land for Indian Muslims. Once again, it only shows that the author could not keep his hatred for Islam at bay. In the tenth and eleventh paragraphs, he has tried to pose himself as a well-wisher of Pakistan who wants to find ways to rid Pakistan of it’s problem, “Islam”. And the means, he wishes to achieve this, is through “social networks and satellite television”. Something, which has already been in effect for at least last 20 years.

In the end, being a Pakistani, scratch that, being a proud Pakistani, I would like to reply directly to Sadanand Dhume, in response to this article.

“We, the Pakistani nation, are already in a bad shape, not because of your mental delusions, but because of our own corrupt leaders. We do not need stupid advice from well-wishers like yourself to worsen our situation. Rest assured, Pakistan will see better days with sincere poeple in power. Until then, you can continue to wet your pants thinking of that time, and see if anyone in the world cares.”

Now or Never

BRAVO. A very important issue, ignored for so long, taken up by none other than Javed Chaudhry in his March 6 article. A must read for all those who feel insecure, living in Pakistan. http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101185301&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110306

American taxpayers

I wish only if American taxpayers were not as dumb, the world would be a lot safer place than it is today. Whenever I read comments on an article like the following on CNN,

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/19/ratner.bush.torture.case/index.html

I always find almost all Americans thinking the same way. Oh, the rest of the world is trying to kill us. Oh, they all hate us. Oh, they hate our ways. Oh, the rest of the world would bring havoc upon us, if our troops did not do what they are doing around the world.

Almost all Americans’ comments suggest that its okay to murder someone, if they tried to slap you (as long as that “someone” is not an American). But the fact that is even more troubling is that these Americans dont even know, who they are commenting about (their enemies). If you read through their comments, you will realize that they bunch up a country’s populace with the terrorists terrorizing that country. They simply do not have enough intelligence to realize that if and when American troops take on a terrorist group on a foreign soil, without proper authorization from the people of that foreign land, that terrorist group will do everything in their power to harm American troops as well as anybody else. Blaming that country’s people for some terrorist group’s activities is not a good enough reason or excuse to occupy a country and kill whoever you choose to.

I put the blame of all the needless bloodshed by American troops, around the world, on American taxpayers, because it is their tax money which is funding all the illegitimate war adventures of American Governments like in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they (American taxpayers) won’t bother to object or question their warmongering Governments’ intentions, even after they find out that their Governments were lying when they gave excuses to go to war. Iraq’s WMD’s that they never found make only one case in point. Only a few Americans dared to half-heartedly question the intentions of  their Government when nothing was found there, and everybody went home after a couple of lame excuses from their Government. They don’t mind if a $100 million of their tax money is spent every day on killing innocent people in Afghanistan. They will be satisfied by a stupid excuse from the White house spokesman that the bunch of people their military killed in Afghanistan, were all terrorists, when everybody else in the world is showing videos of Americans’ attacks, claiming that they attacked a peaceful wedding convoy.

American public believes their Governments very rarely lie to them, and when they do, it’s a lie for their (American public’s) own good. They believe the same about American media too. And they never bother to cross-check the facts from a non-American source. It is this blatant and blind American nationalism, which makes (most) Americans turn a blind eye to atrocities committed by their troops and authorized by their Governments, around the world.

Here is a link to further support my opinion.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/planning_to_ignore_the_facts.html