These are the events that Pakistan has to face as it tries to free itself from the clutches of the "bankrupt world bully" , as the article names it. The sooner we free ourselves the better it is. This is like the famous story of the camel whom the Bedouin helped and allowed his face to be inside his tent, and slowly the camel was in the tent and the Bedouin outside. Such creatures do not deserve any help!
There are still some fools in our media and in our political filth that promotes friendship with such bullies...
Pak-US: Withdrawal symptoms
The controversy around the Shamsi airbase indicates the kind of problems Pakistan is likely to face as it tries to redefine its terms of engagement with the United States. While Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar announced last week that the US had been asked to vacate the airbase, foreign news agencies quoted unnamed US officials as saying that the US does not plan to do any such thing. Adding confusion to the controversy, Federal Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan declared that the Defence Committee of the Cabinet had not taken any decision asking the US to vacate the base and that the ISPR would know better. What are we to understand from these conflicting statements? As it is, freeing ourselves from the evil embrace of the United States is not an easy task. Ministers like Firdous Awan and Rehman Malik are bound to make it more difficult with their erratic behaviour and irresponsible statements.
In the present controversy, though nothing official has come out of the United States so far, it is obvious that the global bully is reluctant to leave the Shamsi airbase. This is confirmed by the planted leaks in the Western media on the issue attributed to unnamed officials. Naturally, which bully would allow the victim to free itself from the oppressive clutches that tie it down? As Pakistan attempts to bring some sense to the Pak-US relationship and scale down the meddlesome and extensive involvement of the global bully in the country, the US is expected to resist such efforts in every possible way and try to further expand rather than trim down its shady presence on our soil. The threats disguised as friendly lectures from an ally are fast losing their colourful clothes, and assuming the form of naked threats from an enemy. The evil superpower would like us to believe that, like Afghanistan next door, we are under its occupation.
What else is one to deduce from its refusal to leave the Shamsi airbase, despite being told that it is no longer welcome. According to the Defence Minister, the US had been told to leave the base even before its unlawful May 2 Abbottabad raid, and the demand had again been communicated in the aftermath of the raid. So, why are they still there? If they were foot-dragging before, the present statements attributed to unnamed officials and flashed through the Western media send a new message: Even if Pakistan wants us out of its airbase, we will stay on. Of course, the US government cannot say so openly in so many words. But actions speak louder than words and the fact is that it is still there months after being told to leave. As if this was not bad enough, it is sending messages through its embedded media and unnamed officials that it had no intention to leave either, whatever Pakistan's wishes or demands.
In the present controversy, though nothing official has come out of the United States so far, it is obvious that the global bully is reluctant to leave the Shamsi airbase. This is confirmed by the planted leaks in the Western media on the issue attributed to unnamed officials. Naturally, which bully would allow the victim to free itself from the oppressive clutches that tie it down? As Pakistan attempts to bring some sense to the Pak-US relationship and scale down the meddlesome and extensive involvement of the global bully in the country, the US is expected to resist such efforts in every possible way and try to further expand rather than trim down its shady presence on our soil. The threats disguised as friendly lectures from an ally are fast losing their colourful clothes, and assuming the form of naked threats from an enemy. The evil superpower would like us to believe that, like Afghanistan next door, we are under its occupation.
What else is one to deduce from its refusal to leave the Shamsi airbase, despite being told that it is no longer welcome. According to the Defence Minister, the US had been told to leave the base even before its unlawful May 2 Abbottabad raid, and the demand had again been communicated in the aftermath of the raid. So, why are they still there? If they were foot-dragging before, the present statements attributed to unnamed officials and flashed through the Western media send a new message: Even if Pakistan wants us out of its airbase, we will stay on. Of course, the US government cannot say so openly in so many words. But actions speak louder than words and the fact is that it is still there months after being told to leave. As if this was not bad enough, it is sending messages through its embedded media and unnamed officials that it had no intention to leave either, whatever Pakistan's wishes or demands.
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