Is Pakistan the new Afghanistan that's the big question I guess. It is quickly heading towards becoming a terrorist nation. There has always been a fine balance between fundamentalism and liberalism in Pakistan and though there is no dearth of religious leaders in Pakistan it has always managed to keep these people out of power which clearly reflects the minds of the Pakistanis. But you can't live peacefully if you do not let your formidable neighbour live in peace. The outlook of Pakistan towards terrorism been dual. It had openly supported the terrorists in past spreading terror in India and has brazenly hailed them freedom fighters but now when the bug has bitten them they have no choice but to condemn the terrorists. I think I can postulate the three laws of terrorrism:
1) Terrorism continues to be in the state of motion unless dealt in a hard manner.eg: Punjab
2) The force of terrorism is inversely proportion to the strength of the government
3) Most important- For every action there is equal and opposite reaction. eg: America creating Osama, Pakistan spreading terror in India.
Pakistan I guess is slowly coming to realise the second and third laws of terrorism. Its government has always been unstable oscillating bewtween democarcy and military rule; and so much time and effort has been lost that Pakistan has lost control of the terrorist outfits which it gave birth to. The foreign policy of Pakistan has been a one point agenda- Kashmir. Recently the Pakistani government signed a cease fire agreement with Taliban which goes to show the weakness of the government and irony that it was pakistan which created Taliban and is now begging for mercy from them. It(Pakistan) has to realise that terrorism is not a chemical reaction but a nuclear fusion which is uncontrollable if not nipped in the bud. India has to remain wary of this situation as Taliban was atleast a country away from us but now seems like our ministers would soon be dealing with Taliban officially in Pakistan. Religious fundamentalism can coexist and can be accepted fully among the people which has been demonstrated successfully by Iran, Saudi Arabia. Pakistan should apply for a crash course of social reforms in one of these countries to pull itself out of the black hole which it is creating.
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All the 3 laws of terrorism as discovered by you are 100% correct and need no additional proof. Actually, Pakistan was formed on an unjustified and weak foundation of hatred against India. The rulers of Pakistan - democrat and army, both encouraged terrorism in Kashmir to get their short gains. America is equaly responsible. They gave full support to Pakistan in war against India. Taliban was the brain child of Americans and was used successfully to get rid of communist govt of Afghanistan.Later on Taliban challenged its AAKA and attacked WTC in 9/02.For the first time America faced Islamic terrorism and started efforts to eliminate it. But in this effort, they chose Pakistan as their partner. Here again Americans committed serious mistakes. Pakistan was never honest aginst terrorism. Even today, when entire Pak is burning, they cann't openly oppose terrorism. they have undergone with a written agreement with Taliban in Swat valleys to purchase peace.Old Pakistan has already been broken into 2 pieces. Remaining pakistan is also bound to disintegrate in several pieces as the demon of terrorism has taken a giant shape there and is beyond control of weak govt of Pakistan. If India does not learn a lesson from it, it may also turn into a 2nd Lebnon.
ReplyDeleteAll the three laws of terrorism need wide publicity.