TANGLED

One keeps hearing about what it means to be a Pakistani on and off. Apparently, Pakistan is one of the 'most dangerous countries in the world'. 

Ever suffered the indignity and embarrassment that comes from being blamed for someone else's mistake entirely? That is probably what millions of Muslims like me all over the world feel-- especially those who have their roots in Pakistan. 

Despite the conditions here in our country, we still love it- and we always would love it more than any other place in the world. If we seek to study or work abroad, its not because we don't love our homeland. Its because everyone wants a quality of life or education that they might not find here. But true love is unconditional. 

What is happening in NWFP and northern Areas isn't the fault of an average Pakistani. The average Pakistani is neither an extremist nor a terrorist. It isn't the fault of people who wish to lead their lives peacefully and successfully, without the fear of an attack from US on the pretext of "combating terrorism" or that of a sudden bomb explosion which might render them and their loved ones lifeless. It is not the fault of the likes of me. we are like deers caught in the glaring headlights of a racing car (if that happens to be an expression at all!). it is the fault of the foreign forces invading our country- there are people in the above- mentioned particular parts of Pakistan who have lost their own homelands and now are trying to destroy ours. there are forces and infiltrators from countries that seek to spread the sphere of the area of the world that they govern.These are the very forces that publicly condemn us. 

They wouldn't stop at anything to achieve their end. They would support the very same Taliban growth to take over the USSR that they so openly degrade now. The Taliban are their very own creation. their creations plague the world and then they have the audacity to claim that Pakistani military and government aren't tackling the problem of terrorism very well.

Who, may I ask, asked the US to assume the role of a policeman charging around like a mad bull with a baton in his hand? What makes that particular country think that its government is any more capable than that of the UK, France, Ireland, China, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Russia, Canada , or for that matter that of any country in the world?