No Sir no...you can't have your cake and eat it too!

[phoenixdesi]

Re: No Sir no…you can’t have your cake and eat it too!

@Balthier

PhoenixDesi jee, I am not a Taliban apologist.

Yes, we must accept that (secretly) feeding the monster and keeping it alive has not been a wise strategy by Pakistan. And I apologize if I conveyed the opposite in my earlier posts. Obviously calls for hatred and violence, and actual acts of violence, by the terrorists, would eventually catch up with Pakistan. But what ultimately needs to change is the mindset of people in Pakistan. The sanctity of human life must be valued higher than the (perceived) sanctity of religion. Only then can we completely eradicate terrorism in name of religion. I hope we will one day get there.

thank you

we are actually pretty aligned in our analysis…so not much to debate. Your last para is also spot on.

My core message is that we shd start owning our mistakes. I made a simple request that we shd stop supporting terrorism in any form and condemn it unconditionally no matter where it takes place. that is all i said and boom…the whole thread converted into usa bashing, iraq war, afghanistan war, Palestine israel issue…USA did this, USA did that, USA USA USA…kohram mich gaya har soo

look USA will always act for its own benefit. it is our establishment job to protect pakistan interets. USA wanted to use turkey’s air space and have land access and offered a huge aid package but turkish Parliament said no. Americans moved on. Mahatir Mohammad said NO to USA many times. India said NO to USA many times…but when USA called Zia and msuahraff to help USA achieve its objectives, they opened everything for americans. so why blame USA? They took billions from USA both in 80s and 2000s and then started to play double games as well. Ofcourse americans will react to double game. I wish we would have said NO to USA…and gain some respect of USA and rest of the world.