Parting kick!

Obviously, Pakistanis would love to wipe out the militant and terrorist outfits from their soil and desparately want an end to the War on Terror. But the US has a credibility problem in Pakistan and rightly so! There definitely exists a trust deficit between the two because of Washington’s long trail of betrayal. Moreover, Pakistanis are wary of the American interference in their internal affairs. The question is, what has Pakistan gained from this friendship with the US? Only Pakistan-bashing and nothing else!
Ironically, our efforts are all in vain since our sacrifices were judged by the US aid $11 billion package given to George Bush’s buddy General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who was never asked to account for it. The mantra of Pakistan having received $11 billion, since 9/11 and having not delivered is to put the nation on the defensive and pressurising it to “do more.” The only appropriate response to Washington’s never ending mantra of doing more is to say, “we’ve done enough, you do the rest.” And look at what the $11 billion has brought us? Nothing, but misery, death and destruction.
It is clear that Pakistanis don’t want their country to be run by the Americans or President Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mr Richard Holbrooke. They take exception to the demeaning expression AfPak which turns them into a part of the problem; they don’t want their country micromanaged through puppet regimes; they don’t want to be a client state toeing US orders; they don’t want US aid with humiliating conditions; and they don’t want to be slaves. They only want to be masters of their own destiny. That is all we want!
The writer is an MNA.
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