The US Abbottabad operation of 2nd May 2011 has destroyed what was left of the tattered sovereignty of Pakistani after years of American drone strikes and CIA operations. The Pakistani and American leaderships are making a mockery of the world by claiming that the operation against the compound allegedly housing Osama Bin Laden was done unilaterally by the US without Pakistan’s knowledge. We are expected to believe that Pakistan’s army is able to hold the million man Indian army at bay but it cannot realise that American helicopters loaded with US personnel are flying around 35 miles from the capital, next to the elite training centre Kakul?
This is a ridiculous notion. Pakistan’s secular leadership including COAS Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, DG ISI Ahmad Shuja Pasha, their cronies in the military and the politicians have willingly all agreed to produce this drama and help America create a narrative whereby Pakistan is backed in to a corner by world public opinion. Pakistan, or more specifically the Pakistani military and intelligence services, will be accused of harbouring Bin Laden right under their noses and only direct intervention by US Special Forces has resulted in the man being eliminated.
This entire piece of theatre allows America to do two things
One, it is allowed to withdraw from its disastrous and costly war in Afghanistan by saying it got its target, thereby attempting to preserve the prestige of the US armed forces and boost public opinion at home. The withdrawal is necessary as the US can no longer sustain its military occupation and can attempt to ‘hand over control’ to Afghan forces. This will give it the opportunity to refocus its energies on the Middle East to prevent the popular uprisings and toppling of its puppets from loosening its grip on the region. It is critical that America maintains control of the oil in the area and prevents an Islamic oriented power from emerging that could challenge it on an ideological and strategic level.
Two, it sets up the stage to not only continue drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas but also expand both the reach and magnitude of its military operations in the country. An incursion by troops in helicopters is an unprecedented act of war against Pakistan and will serve to push the line of what is tolerable for America to do in Pakistan further.
The reasoning for this is to pursue America’s real objective in Pakistan, which is to prevent real ideological change from occurring that will threaten its economic and geostrategic interests in Central Asia and the Middle East. America will continue to create strife in Pakistan so that the country becomes further divided amongst any lines possible – ethnic, provincial, sectarian, political and religious grounds. This will keep Pakistan weak and distracted, and the current and previous crop of leaders have facilitated America along this path.
Pakistan needs to stand up and issue a strong response to the US straight away if it is prevent this unprecedented incursion to be become a norm. Pakistan must not be pressured by Western Media for standing up for its independence as the issue of Bin Laden is involved. The country must draw a line and make it clear to the whole world that no country can simply fly in wherever and whenever it wants to and kill its people.
Pakistan’s secular rulers are leading the country down an alarming path of destruction. The current political set up cannot lead Pakistan out of this crisis. The secular democratic parties are all in cahoots, along with Kayani, Pasha and their cronies, with the US in helping achieve its objectives in exchange for dollars.
Real change can only come by the establishment of the Khilafat system, which would not allow one inch of territory to be comprised to foreign aggressors. Pakistan has the means; it merely lacks the political will to exhibit its strength in the face of aggression. America has shown its weakness, not its strength, by putting on this theatrical show in order to save face from what is a humiliating and fruitless exit from Afghanistan.
The people of Pakistan must come together and call upon the sincere elements of the military establishment, that form the vast majority of the military institution, whose hearts are no doubt being torn apart just like those of the common man to remove the treacherous leadership that is leading the country in to a dark abyss. Both elements must take inspiration from the events unfolding across the Middle East where our brothers and sisters are rising up to rid themselves of Western sponsored puppets.
America and her allies care not for the people of these lands just as in Pakistan and similarly, have supported and continue to support those rulers that oppress the people as long as it is in their interests. Secular rulers, with their desire to slavishly obey America as dictators or democrats, have pushed Pakistan to the edge. The Khilafat must be established quickly if the country is to be saved from destruction.
Muhammad Asim
The author is a freelance columnist
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