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In Serving US Interest, This Pakistani Govt. Is In A Class Of Its Own
AHMED
QURAISHI
You must be
hearing a lot these days from the apologists of expanded US influence in
Pakistan that every government in the past has accepted humiliating US
conditions.
In fact, on
Wednesday, government's PR wizards working under the direction of the PPP media
team published a preposterous propaganda piece on the front page of one of
the national dailies alleging that, "Jinnah also appealed for US
aid."
The
government media team is keen to convince Pakistanis that humiliating foreign
conditions on aid are kosher because that is what previous Pakistani
governments have been doing. Shamelessly, even the Quaid-e-Azam has been
dragged into this government propaganda.
While the
record of previous governments is debatable, what's beyond doubt is that
this is the first government in Pakistan that came through a 'deal' brokered by
US and UK diplomats, whitewashing the illegal wealth of individuals who enjoy a
dubious record. This has never happened before in the history of any Pakistani
government.
I bet even
the Americans have never seen before this kind of an 'easy' pro-US government
in their decades-old record of meddling in other countries.
This alone
should put to shame anyone who defends these shady characters in this
government.
Pakistanis
should rest assured of one thing. The challenge of governing Pakistan and
subduing this nation in the service of a foreign agenda is a difficult task.
It's above and beyond the intellectual capacity of the rulers in Islamabad
today.
As the
challenge mounts, these shady characters will run away abroad in a few months'
time with their fat bank accounts and will never look back. They will
leave and never look back sooner or later.
While
criticizing this ruling class, we need to send a note of thank you to Mr.
Musharraf for 'dealing' us this hand as a parting gift to the nation.
Pakistanis
should recognize this distinction about the current Pakistani government in the
debate over the record of past Pakistani rulers in dealing with Washington.
The current
government, in this debate, is in a class of its own.
POSTED AT AHMED QURAISHI'S The Lounge
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