“Terrorism” is the most dangerous man made challenge in front of the world these days. Among a plethora of forms, Islamic Terrorism has perhaps overtaken all the other ones, in terms of sheer visibility and the magnitude of fear that it instills in the common people’s mind, especially after September 11, 2001.
America being the latest victim of IslamicTerrorism has been crying hoarse over it to the entire world, and using every available resources at its disposal to make itself as insular from terrorism as possible. In this frenzy to overcome the phobia of terrorism, America has destroyed two countries Iraq and Afghanistan till date, and has been pumping in billions of dollars in aid money to a country which it considers to be the front ally in the war against terrorism.
Ally against terrorism, did somebody just mentioned Pakistan as an ally against terrorism? A country whose ex dictator has openly said to the world that he has used terrorism as a state policy to make the neighboring country yield is considered as an ally by the Washington. In a candid interview with German magazine Der Spiegel Pakistan's Ex President General Pervej Musharraff said “They (underground militant groups to fight against India in Kashmir) were indeed formed,”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,721110,00.html
Perhaps America is doling out F-16 fighters and billions of dollars of generous aid to Pakistan to specifically target the Taliban or bad Taliban to be precise and Laden’s infamous Al- Qaida network only. I guess, India being a big emerging economy should also cough up the same amount of ransom to safeguard its interests, so that apart from Al Qaida and Taliban, Pakistan army turns their guns towards the holier Lashkar and Jaish ones too. Yes, perhaps that will work, like in the early 90’s Uncle Sam funded the then notorious Gulbuddin Hekmatyar against the soviet invasion.
“U.S. government financial support for the Afghan Islamic militants was substantial. Aid to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan Mujahedeen leader and founder and leader of the Hezb-e Islami radical Islamic militant faction, alone amounted "by the most conservative estimates" to $600 million. Hekmatyar "worked closely" with Osama bin Laden in early 1990s.[63] In addition to hundreds of millions of dollars of American aid, Hekmatyar also received the lion's share of aid from the Saudis.[64] There is evidence that the CIA supported Hekmatyar's drug trade activities by giving him immunity for his opium trafficking that financed operation of his militant faction”
In this Shakespearean drama it’s very difficult to find out who is running with the hare and who is hunting with the hounds.
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