I am not sure if my letter will reach you. But I hope it will reach some people in Pakistan who keep hearing only your side of the story. First, because you dominate the TV screens every evening as know-all talk show expert. Secondly, because most of the talk shows spit your venomous but illogical thought even when you are absent. People keep hearing your side of the story also because the puritan anchorpersons, tamed-and-trained at the ISPR and the ISI Media Cell, never pose you the right questions.
I am, therefore, on behalf of my fellow Pakistani workers and peasants addressing you a few lines. Let us begin with the stand-off on NATO supplies. For the first, I am not interested in your grand plans to build an Islamic caliphate stretching from Srinagar to Tashkent. However, since you have been claiming credit to humble the USSR and liberating five Central Asian Muslim states, it is, therefore, pretty legitimate to point out: the very five Central Asian Muslim states liberated by Gul Brigades are today the alternative NATO supply route. When Uncle Sam arrived post-9/11 to occupy Afghanistan, the imperial army rented a military base from Kirgizstan for $60 million a year[i]. Ironically, all the ‘liberated’ Muslim republics beyond River Amu have effectively become US clients and are indeed wary of Pakistan. For further proof of Muslim liberation from Soviet tyranny, you are better advised to visit Sheikhdoms of the Gulf. The only way your liberated Central Asian Muslim sisters have benefitted from ‘liberation’ is to become staple for Gulf’s red light areas.
http://newageislam.com/islam-and-politics/farooq-sulehria/a-letter-to-gen.-hameed-gul/d/7642
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