During her five hours visit of Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the Pak-US relationship at a critical point.
In a statement, she emphatically said that, “we have reached a turning point.” While describing such a situation, she expressed that US would like that Pakistan should take concrete measures against terrorism in the coming days to the satisfaction of US. More than anything, Mrs Clinton was worried about the ever growing anti-Americanism in Pakistani society. This fact indeed, frustrated her more than anything else. She advised Pakistani people that, “anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make their problems disappear.” She considers the recipe of the Pakistani problems in toeing the American line, rather anti-Americanism. However, she gave a clear message that, “America cannot and should not solve Pakistan’s problems,” rather Pakistani should solve their problems themselves.
Secretary of State felt that despite of enormous financial assistance, there is no public recognition of this American support. She also realized that, there is a “communication gap and failure of respective governments to correct the distortions. “Whereas, US must understand that, its financial assistance has never reached over to the common man of Pakistan, and today, he stands much poorer than ever before. A common Pakistani lacked the basic civic facilities, educational and health facilities. The promised $1.5 billion per year financial assistance under KLL by US has yet not reached to the masses. Above all, on the financial terms, Pakistan loses more than its gains, while being a US partner in this so-called global war on terror or otherwise.
The raison d’Ítre of this marriage of connivance is that, there exist an inexplicable relationship between Pakistani elite group and United States, ever since 1950s, but, the people of Pakistan never supported that. The sole reason for this opposition was; this relationship was to benefit United States, rather serving the Pakistani interests. Besides, this relationship made Pakistan biased; a country under the Capitalist bloc headed by the US. This westernised relationship isolated Pakistan from rest of the world, especially former Soviet Union, who visualized Pakistan as an enemy and opposed Pakistan globally and regionally.
While, through out in our bilateral relationship, the US has been betraying Pakistan on one or the other pretext, it stopped Pakistani assistance (mainly military) at crucial moments of our history like; 1965 and 1971, Indo-Pak wars.
These acts of this sole super power could not convince Pakistani people to love United Sates. However, the peak of this hatred reached once, US drone attacks became a routine on Pakistani soil especially, Fata. Earlier US was once again able to force Pakistan to support her in its invasion in Afghanistan. This Pakistan wholehearted assistance to US in Afghan war, prompted the former Jihadists along with many others to attack Pakistani installations, its armed forces and many others having no connection with this war.
This is not the end, as the US kept on asking to do more; indeed, a never ending demand. So much so it has violated the Pakistani sovereignty many a time and killed thousands innocents through its uncalled forth drone attacks. The situation reached to the point, where its navy seals have unilaterally raided in Abbottabad to kill OBL. This was height of the US violation of Pakistani sovereignty. But, US president and other officials threatened more unilateral acts, which irked the Pakistani masses. This US act was indeed a great humiliation to armed forces of Pakistan and its intelligence apparatus, who over the years have known the US real objective inside Pakistan, thus started putting up resistance to those.
With these acts of US, Secretary of State should not expect love for America in the hearts of Pakistani masses. Rather anti-American sentiments are a natural phenomenon. However, if the US is really serious to be loved by Pakistani masses, than; it should start respecting Pakistan’s sovereignty.
It should rebuild the infrastructures lost during the militancy of last one decade. It should help people in the provision of employment through ROZ, as earlier promised. Over and above it should stop supporting anti-Pakistan forces locally as well as globally. It should re-establish relationship with Pakistan basing the mutual trust and respect and on long-term basis, rather the seasonal ones.
In a statement, she emphatically said that, “we have reached a turning point.” While describing such a situation, she expressed that US would like that Pakistan should take concrete measures against terrorism in the coming days to the satisfaction of US. More than anything, Mrs Clinton was worried about the ever growing anti-Americanism in Pakistani society. This fact indeed, frustrated her more than anything else. She advised Pakistani people that, “anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make their problems disappear.” She considers the recipe of the Pakistani problems in toeing the American line, rather anti-Americanism. However, she gave a clear message that, “America cannot and should not solve Pakistan’s problems,” rather Pakistani should solve their problems themselves.
Secretary of State felt that despite of enormous financial assistance, there is no public recognition of this American support. She also realized that, there is a “communication gap and failure of respective governments to correct the distortions. “Whereas, US must understand that, its financial assistance has never reached over to the common man of Pakistan, and today, he stands much poorer than ever before. A common Pakistani lacked the basic civic facilities, educational and health facilities. The promised $1.5 billion per year financial assistance under KLL by US has yet not reached to the masses. Above all, on the financial terms, Pakistan loses more than its gains, while being a US partner in this so-called global war on terror or otherwise.
The raison d’Ítre of this marriage of connivance is that, there exist an inexplicable relationship between Pakistani elite group and United States, ever since 1950s, but, the people of Pakistan never supported that. The sole reason for this opposition was; this relationship was to benefit United States, rather serving the Pakistani interests. Besides, this relationship made Pakistan biased; a country under the Capitalist bloc headed by the US. This westernised relationship isolated Pakistan from rest of the world, especially former Soviet Union, who visualized Pakistan as an enemy and opposed Pakistan globally and regionally.
While, through out in our bilateral relationship, the US has been betraying Pakistan on one or the other pretext, it stopped Pakistani assistance (mainly military) at crucial moments of our history like; 1965 and 1971, Indo-Pak wars.
These acts of this sole super power could not convince Pakistani people to love United Sates. However, the peak of this hatred reached once, US drone attacks became a routine on Pakistani soil especially, Fata. Earlier US was once again able to force Pakistan to support her in its invasion in Afghanistan. This Pakistan wholehearted assistance to US in Afghan war, prompted the former Jihadists along with many others to attack Pakistani installations, its armed forces and many others having no connection with this war.
This is not the end, as the US kept on asking to do more; indeed, a never ending demand. So much so it has violated the Pakistani sovereignty many a time and killed thousands innocents through its uncalled forth drone attacks. The situation reached to the point, where its navy seals have unilaterally raided in Abbottabad to kill OBL. This was height of the US violation of Pakistani sovereignty. But, US president and other officials threatened more unilateral acts, which irked the Pakistani masses. This US act was indeed a great humiliation to armed forces of Pakistan and its intelligence apparatus, who over the years have known the US real objective inside Pakistan, thus started putting up resistance to those.
With these acts of US, Secretary of State should not expect love for America in the hearts of Pakistani masses. Rather anti-American sentiments are a natural phenomenon. However, if the US is really serious to be loved by Pakistani masses, than; it should start respecting Pakistan’s sovereignty.
It should rebuild the infrastructures lost during the militancy of last one decade. It should help people in the provision of employment through ROZ, as earlier promised. Over and above it should stop supporting anti-Pakistan forces locally as well as globally. It should re-establish relationship with Pakistan basing the mutual trust and respect and on long-term basis, rather the seasonal ones.
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