Yes, this is an alarming development. All true democratic forces supportive of civilian supremacy must understand this double game. The agencies are using their implants in the media, even in some political parties to once again hijack peace in the name of sham-supra-nationalism. For another very insightful article in the same context, by Ayesha Siddiqa, please follow the link:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/13+ayesha-siddiqa-conspiracy-theories-galore-620-za-01

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“Army is a queer institution. There is no innocence, goodwill and hope in the intentions and actions of the men in uniform. They are least to be trusted. When they pontificate they lie. With them any idea of integrity becomes a falsehood. When a man in uniform lectures and becomes rumbustious, he always talk through his hat. Talking Generals are always ominous intellectual perverts. Chasterton had said, “I would hate to see a man in uniform make a speech, more so, if it is a good speech.” ‘Sir Walter Scott had said, “However disciplined and valiant a soldier he never be trusted.” H G Wells had said, “A professional military mind is by necessity an inferior and unimaginative mind; and no man with talents willingly imprison his gifts in such a calling.” Bertrand Russell had said, “All Generals are narcissistic and they have no sense of history.” Bernard Shaw said, “Soldiering is the art of the coward of hitting mercilessly when strong and getting out of the harms when weak.” Tolstoy had said, “The greatest Generals I have met were all stupid and absentminded men”. Napolean had said, “The more vicious the man the better the soldier.” He again said, “I had picked up my Marshals from the mud and gutter”. Johnson had said, Soldiers and priests have been the corrupters of the earth.”

‘BRILLIANT’ BRAINS IN PAKISTAN ARMY’

I am quoting their pearls of wisdom, read and lament:

A retired Brigadier is of the view that, ‘India has set for itself a mission of re-establishing the Akhand Bharat with borders on Madagascar, Hindu Kush and Malacca straits.

Lt. General (r) Hameed Gul addressing a seminar stated that, ‘at present Pakistan has two enemies one physical – India and the other ideological – Israel.

A Colonel states, “to mature Akhand Bharat dream, India is too inclined and capable to sacrifice the innocent civilian if it can bring damage to Pakistan’s interests’.

A Lt. General advocates Pakistan’s improved relations with Iran and Afghanistan because of Indian threat not only to Pakistan but to entire Muslim world.

A Lt. Colonel is of the view that India supported Northern Alliance during Afghan civil war because ‘she had long been seeking to thwart Pakistan’s ambition to create a defensive Islamic block stretching from Pakistan to Central Asia’.

Major General (r) Ghulam Omar (He was a close confidant of General Yahya Khan, secretary of National Security Council and a key member of the military regime in 1971) with all the hindsight in 1993 has this to say about 1971 crisis, “I swear by God that Pakistan was broken by Bhutto, Mujib, Indira, Soviet Union and America. It was a conspiracy hatched by all of them together”.

Brigadier (r). Amanullah’s (He has served as ISI head of the Sindh province and currently secretary of Benazir Bhutto) statement. In an interview, while talking about nuclear strike against India, he stated, “They have acted so badly towards us; they have been so mean. We should teach them a lesson”. He went on to add that, “Believe me, if I were in charge, I would have already done it’. He then chillingly gives us his death wish that, “Before I die, I hope I should see it”.

A Lt. General and former Director General (DG) of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) pointing to Kashmir struggle stated, “This freedom struggle had resulted in the suction of very large-scale Indian regular and para-military forces, creating a major strategic imbalance in Indian groupings to such an extent where it is no longer remained possible for it to fight even a defensible battle, what to talk of any offensive across the international borders’.

A defence analyst’s comments that, ‘when the Pakistan missiles were test-fired in early May, sheer panic swept through the Indian population at the belated realization that no Indian city was safe from a Pakistan counter-attack’.

General Musharraf’s statements after easing of recent tensions that we don’t care about the de-escalation and we will teach Indians a lesson fall into the second category.

Ayub Khan who advocated close defence ties with US and even provided air force base for spying mission lamented that US was not a friend but master.

Another general who was involved at the highest level of close Pakistani defence and intelligence ties with US in 80s, in the post-retirement enlightment phase sees that Islamic world is ‘exploited and blackmailed by the developed countries’, ‘targeted countries are subjected to coercion, technological barriers, sanctions, media trial and economic hurdles’ and ‘attempts are also made to create political divisions within the Islamic Ummah’.

A retired Air Marshal complains that Indian leadership ‘by crafty rope tricks have managed to convince the Bush and Blair administrations’ about their point of view on Kashmir and ‘Washington and London believe almost everything they say’.

A Major General complains that , “Our allies have displayed no signs of helping Pakistan in solving our basic and most crucial problem”.

One analyst a year after the Kargil adventure is of the view that as ‘the Pakistani military used forces already deployed in the area to occupy the heights along the LoC’ and ‘the move itself was simply an offensive-defence, which did not constitute crossing over to the Indian side of LoC – but simply along the LoC’.

In the same article the author states that the forced disengagement ‘caused heavy loss of life for the Pakistan’s Northern Light Infantry’ which ‘led to inevitable frustration within the Armed Forces’.

General Musharraf commenting on recent stand off with India stated, “Sanity demands avoidance of war but at the same time in the pursuit of peace you can’t compromise on honour and dignity so one has to strike a balance maintaining honour and dignity and going for peace also’.

Two examples of senior officers will illustrate the lack of any in-depth knowledge even about their own society.

Lt. General (r) Hameed Gul (Former DG ISI and Corps Commander) refuted the theory of isolation if Pakistan go nuclear by stating that, “Firstly, because it is self-sufficient in food and secondly, because Pakistan is a nuclear state. The difficulty will help Pakistan to unleash a socio-monetary revolution in the country”.

Lt. General (r) Javed Nasir (Former DG ISI) while talking about the potential financial difficulties if nuclear tests were done stated, “what Pakistan will miss in terms of foreign loans? The expatriates and Pakistani nationals within the country will pile up billions of dollars without much problem”.

There is almost a consensus of opinion among the armed forces officers that the Indian airplane hijacking in 1999 was a conspiracy hatched by India to malign Pakistan. One Colonel stated that the hijacking was created by India herself.

Another retired Colonel also is of opinion that, ‘India once again tried the same tactic to revenge her failure in Kargil’.

Brigadier Gulzar Ahmad explaining the role of celestial powers to lessen his troop casualties in 1965 war stated, “There was a hidden hand deflecting the rounds which would otherwise have taken a heavy toll of the advancing troops”.

ISI chief Lt. General Mahmud Ahmad during Pakistani ambassador’s conference ‘reprimanded the ambassadors for not relying ‘on the intercession of Providence’ while analyzing Pakistan’s Afghan policy’.

A former army chief considers the training of thousands of fighters from different countries by United States during 80s as a ‘Divine Will’.

One retired Colonel while commenting on Nawaz Sharif’s attempts to improve relations with India is of the opinion that ‘Our Sharif’s remained more busy in secret sugar deals with Vajpayee’.

One defence commentator chastising civilians stated that, ‘the response of successive governments in Pakistan, to escape the label of ‘terrorist state’, they have shown themselves weak-kneed in reaction, sometimes downright apologetic’.

“the military success of Kargil was totally undermined by the Sharif government’s confused and panicked approach from beginning to end’ and that ‘The pro-US lobby within the Pakistan government panicked Sharif into undertaking a meaningless flight to Washington – leaving everything on the ground in a state of confusion’.

One commentator in 2000 states, “The attitude of Sharif’s government was most dubious right from the very beginning. He was concerned more to divide and weaken the Armed Forces”.

In 1965, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) led by Brigadier Riaz Hussain had a very poor performance. In less than 48 hours after the launching of Operation Gibraltar, ISI lost all its contacts. Instead of any accountability, Brigadier Riaz was promoted to the rank of Major General. Similarly, Director of Military Intelligence, Brigadier Irshad had very little information about the whole exercise let alone a comprehensive strategy. He admitted to then information minister when asked about the nature and purpose of operation so that ministry could project it. He innocently admitted that the beauty of the operation is that ‘even I know very little about the operation’. He rose up the ranks to become Lt. General and lead a Corps. A senior retired Lt. General while commenting about 1965 war is of the view that ‘the reputation of many senior commanders was tarnished and many others would have come to the limelight but intense personal lobbying prevented any meaningful change’.

A defence analyst has summed up the overall attitude of Pakistani military leadership in these words, “…although most of generals have learned how to “play politics” both within the military and in dealing with politicians and bureaucrats, they are often lacking in speculative or conceptual skills, let alone the ability to articulate their ideas in such a way that a mass public would find them intelligible”.

The general despise of Hindus and doubting their capacity of able to give a good fight was almost universal. General Ayub Khan in his letter to C-in-C General Muhammad Musa stated, “as a general rule Hindu morale would not stand more than a couple of hard blows delivered at the right time and place. Such opportunities should, therefore, be sought and exploited”.

Ayub Khan was of the view that Indian army had expanded too rapidly and lacked disciplined leadership.

The most tragic effect of 1965 war was not military but political which military mind was unable to comprehend. The remarks of an East Pakistani summarize the feelings of Bengalis about 1965 war, “while the West Pakistan was using its American tanks and American planes to fight India for the precious five million Kashmiris, 65 million Bengalis were left to fight with their bare hands if the Indians had attacked us”.

In late 80s, Pakistan policy about Kashmir saw a new direction. The cornerstone of this policy was that ‘Pakistan could only protect itself from India by encouraging its dissolution’.This change was brought due to the heavy influence of the intelligence community of the armed forces. ISI was the main architect of the policy. They were flushed with their recent victory in Afghanistan. Surely, a large number of mid-level officers performed their task in Afghanistan professionally and efficiently which was one of the factors of Soviet withdrawal. They argued that if a superpower can be defeated by guerrillas and then why not India? They didn’t fully evaluated Afghan experience and didn’t learn the lessons of Afghanistan. This lack of detailed analysis resulted in replication of Afghan experience in Kashmir with significant negative fall out both for Kashmir struggle and Pakistan itself. The strategy was two pronged. ‘One, it sought to maximize the cost of occupation for the Indian army in Kashmir and, in the process, bleed it white. Two, it thought it could keep the cost of its own offensive to pittance by sending religiously swayed armed volunteers across the Line of Control’. This ‘privatization of Jehad’ would be the blunder which would come back to haunt them a decade later.

Martial Mind Pakistan Officer Corps thought-process about Defence Columnist Hamid Hussain explores the Pakistan military mind-set. http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/july/martial.htm

The whole drama of it the external forces that are conspiring against Pakistan must end, the world does not revolve around Pakistan and we are not the center of attention! The rampant growth of religious extremism in the 80’s and 90’s have lead to such a state of affairs, no amount of foreign funding can be successful until there is home-grown militancy which is eager to receive this funding!

India wants S Arabia to be interlocutor Monday, March 01, 2010 Pakistan ponders over Indian proposal; Indian political parties slam suggestion By Mariana Baabar
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27548

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan adopted a policy of ‘wait and see’, but did not outrightly reject a proposal from Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, that Saudi Arabia could be a “valuable interlocutor” between India and Pakistan.

علامہ اقبال کی سازش

محمد حنیف | 2010-03-04 ،13:19

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/urdu/2010/03/post_598.html

اگر آپ پاکستان کا کوئی پرائیویٹ ٹی وی چینل دیکھتے ہیں تو آپ زید حامد کے نام سے واقف ہوں گے۔ آج کل وہ پاکستان کو اقبال کا پاکستان بنانے میں مصروف ہیں۔

اس مقصد کے لیے انہیں فیشن ڈیزائنروں، پاپ گلوکاروں اور پرائیویٹ تعلیمی اداروں کے ممی ڈیڈی بچوں کی حمایت حاصل ہے۔ کبھی وہ غزوہ ہند کے نام سے ہمیں سبز رنگ کے ایف سولہ طیارہ اور کبھی ایستادہ غزنوی میزائل دکھا کر بھارت پر آخری فتح کی بشارت دیتے ہیں اور کبھی امریکہ کو اقبال کے شعروں اور ہماری قوت ایمانی سے ڈراتے ہیں۔ (شاید اسی خوف سے کئ امریکی ملٹی نیشنل کمپنیاں انکے پروگراموں کو اشتہار بھی دیتی ہیں)۔

اپنے مشن کی تکمیل کے لیے زید حامد کو کئی روپ بھرنے پڑتے ہیں۔ کبھی وہ لال ٹوپی پہن کر وسط ایشیائی مجاہد لگتے ہیں تو کبھی سوٹ بوٹ میں عالمی بینک کے نمائندے۔ آخری دفعہ میں نے انہیں دیکھا تو انہوں نے نارنجی رنگ کی فوجی ٹوپی اور فائٹر پائلٹوں والی جیکٹ پہنی ہوئے تھے۔ مجھے لگا کہ نیٹو کا کوئی بھگوڑا فوجی ہے۔

کبھی انہیں دیکھ کر یوں لگتا ہے کہ چہ گویرا نے اپنی جنس تبدیل کروانے کی کوشش کی ہے یا حافظ سعید نے کوئی ایسی گولی کھا لی ہے جو اس عمر میں انہیں نہیں کھانی چاہیے تھی۔ سچی بات تو یہ ہے کہ اگر زید حامد نہ ہوتے تو ٹی وی چینلوں کا کیا ہوتا؟ مولانا فضل الرحمان جتنی پگڑیاں بدل لیں، مولانا منور حسن جتنی بھی خوبصورت مسکراہٹیں بکھیر لیں، میوزک ویڈیو دیکھنے والی نسل کے لیے ان میں کوئی کشش نہیں۔ زید صاحب تو ہمارے میڈیا میں ایک ڈسکو مولوی کے خلا کو پر کر رہے ہیں۔

ویسے راقم کو یہ سمجھ نہیں آئی کہ وہ اس پاکستان کو اقبال کا اور کتنا پاکستان بنائیں گے۔ ہمیں پتہ نہیں اقبال کے خواب میں پاکستان کے خدوخال کیسے تھے لیکن ہمارے ارد گرد ان کی جن تعلیمات نے فروغ پایا ہے وہ تو علامہ نے کسی برے خواب میں بھی نہیں سوچا ہوگا۔ ہم اپنے ہر بچے کو سکول میں پڑھاتے ہیں تو شاہین ہے بسیرا کر پہاڑوں کی چٹانوں میں۔ تو ہمارے کئی بچے یہ سبق دہراتے دہراتے پہاڑوں پر جا بیٹھے ہیں اور کبھی کبھی اپنا خون گرم رکھنے کے لیے مسجدوں، بازاروں اور سکولوں کو بموں سے اڑاتے رہتے ہیں۔ انہیں منع کرتے ہوئے بھی ہم شرماتے ہیں کیونکہ ہم نے ہی تو انہیں پڑھایا تھا کہ شہادت ہے مطلوب و مقصود مومن۔

لیکن اس سارے قتل و غارت کی سول سوسائٹی ہمیشہ مذمت کرتی ہے۔ لیکن یہ سول سوسائٹی اس دہائی کی سب سے بڑی سازش ہے۔

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