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2006-04-08 India-Pakistan
Treat India, Pakistan equally, Aziz asks US
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Posted by Fred 2006-04-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Deal! If you give up terrorism and throw out the radical clerics and the madrasses and become democratic.

No?

Then suck it.
Posted by DarthVader 2006-04-08 00:17||   2006-04-08 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 hmmmmmm .....no. Because? Because they're not. By centuries
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-04-08 00:17||   2006-04-08 00:17|| Front Page Top

#3 ‘A tale of two countries’

THIS is with reference to Mr Irfan Husain’s article “A tale of two countries” (March 28) in which he has depicted Pakistan in a poor light.

He writes: “How much damage Dr A.Q. Khan’s supposedly free lance activities have done to Pakistan’s image. If he acted on his own, it is a poor reflection on the control exercised over our nuclear installations by the army. The other (and stronger) possibility is that he was officially encouraged to export atomic secrets to foreign buyers.” He goes on: “In either case, to imagine that the Americans would now supply us with the latest nuclear technology is to live in a fool’s paradise”

A few pertinent questions immediately come to mind:

i. In 1976 when America blocked the acquisition of a nuclear reprocessing plant from France, was it due to any of Dr A.Q. Khan’s alleged sins?

ii. After receiving $600 million in cash and not delivering F-16s as promised, did the US backtrack on its commitment because Dr A.Q. Khan had done something somewhere?

iii. Didn’t the US commit nuclear proliferation when it master-minded, engineered and orchestrated Israel’s nuclear arsenal? In 1973 Israel threatened Egypt that it would nuke Cairo with the backing of the US. Now the US has offered India carte-blanche to acquire civilian nuclear technology — under the NPT no country can transfer nuclear technology.

iv. Did India not help Iran in any manner in developing the latter’s nuclear capability?

v. Did Russia not build a nuclear reactor in Iran?

vi. Did China not assist North Korea in developing the latter’s nuclear facilities?

Mr Husain has pointed out that investors shy away from Pakistan because of bomb blasts and terrorism. May I ask him why France is in the grip of violence these days?

Thousands of cars have been burnt there. Last July, London was hit by a series of bomb blasts in its subway system. What about the bomb blasts in Varanasi (India) and state- sponsored terrorism in occupied Kashmir? The Valley is the worst example of human rights abuses.

In a nutshell, the whole world is in the grip of violence, terrorism and extremism (the publication of blasphemous cartoons in Denmark is the latest example).

Then why single out or blame Pakistan for an international phenomenon? Albert Einstein is America’s hero, but Dr A.Q. Khan is their villain. Why?

LT-COL (r) SAFIR A. SIDDIQUI
Karachi
Posted by john 2006-04-08 12:18||   2006-04-08 12:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Note the angst, the sense of entitlement and the convoluted 'logic'.
And this guy was a Colonel in the Pak army..
Posted by john 2006-04-08 12:22||   2006-04-08 12:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Damn right. Start applying the same criteria (what constitutes civilized behavior, etc...), what you use for India, to Pakistan.
Posted by gromgoru 2006-04-08 12:28||   2006-04-08 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 To him they are equal - they both have nukes.
Posted by anonymous2u 2006-04-08 12:59||   2006-04-08 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 In a nutshell, the whole world is in the grip of violence, terrorism and extremism (the publication of blasphemous cartoons in Denmark is the latest example).

The Danish catoons have nothing to do with "violence, terrorism and extremism". The reaction to the Danish cartoons has everything to do with "violence, terrorism and extremism".

Attempting to restrict freedom of speech places Islam in the category of communists, fascists, Nazis and dictatorships. If you willingly concede that categorization, then go ahead and demand the suppression of free speech. Just don't expect anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature (in ?C) to agree with you.

Islam is slowly painting itself into a corner where it will either have to genuinely reform itself of simply declare outright war on the entire non-Muslim world, (you know, that dar Al-Harb thingy). Should Islam finally declare open war, I would not bet a plug nickle on it surviving another fortnight.
Posted by Zenster 2006-04-08 14:16||   2006-04-08 14:16|| Front Page Top

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