Holbrooke is Tough, Huh ?
By Fatima Tassaduq • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics • 4 CommentsPresident Obama’s special envoy Richard Holbrooke was here in his colony for three nights in the previous week and though we were told by Herr Rehman Malik that Richard was here to get the tutorial about the happenings in Afghanistan and Pakistan and their role and tasks in war on terror, no one got decevied by this lie this time. Americans may be fool, but not foolish enough to get their briefings from Islamabad and especially from the Malik.
Holbrooke was successful in his first trip. As soon as his departure drew near, Pakistan, to the gleeful surprise of India, got out of the way and bowed in front of Indian demands and admitted over all the allegations. The same mouths who were previously denying any involvement in the Mumbai attacks and were clanging that no Pakistani was involved, suddenly “revealed” that the Ajmal Kasab was Pakistan and a certain Hammad was also invovled and the ship’s source was from Thatta and so on.
Why this folly? Why blunder upon blunder? Why not cooperate earlier? Mumbai Attacks were henious, no doubt about that and terrorism must not be supported or be hidden. Why it took Holbrooke to flap our wings? That’s shameful.
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Fatima,
This is how Pakistan has been for all these years.
Whenever the government is asked to do somethings they just get into denial mode and try to push the topic under the carpet.
But this time due to the pressure and other things, they had to do what they did.
no,infact just yesterday Indian opposition leader L.K Edwani confessed in Parliament that some locals were involved in Mumbai attacks,u should be shameful of talking like that.
Yaseen,
Advani did not give any confession, he made a suggestion. Confession comes from convicted or people under custody during intoregation and he was in neither of the situation.
I think we, the Pakistani people, should try harder to understand the postion of the govt. Ever since the attack began India started their litany about Pakistan and our agencies being involved in it. The death of Hemant Karkare, a man arresting Hindu right wing extremist for his involvement of Muslim massacre, was indeed an eye opener. Why was it that Kasab was the only terrorist that Indian media managed to track, live on camera while he was conducting the shootings? I haven’t been trained in this but i have to admit Kasab is the first “terrorist” who didn’t pop a cyanide pill upon arrest, rather survived to be caught, interrogated, tortured by the authorities and tell his story?
There are many such questions that lurk, unanswered in this labyrinth. Similarly, the Western World is a reality that cannot be ignored or overlooked. Pakistan has to take baby steps and play their best shot despite a weak knee i.e. the truth of rampant terrorism that is linked to Pakistan.