The US congressmen seeks US citizenship for Dr Shakeel Afridi

Re: The US congressmen seeks US citizenship for Dr Shakeel Afridi

you need to offer the correct parallel for us to consider this. let us transplant the abbottabad situation to india and examine.

if osama bin laden was living in the outskirts of delhi and an indian doctor had aided the US in discovering this, what would the indian reaction be?

further, in our example we must assume:

  1. the indian government is a partner of the US in combating terrorism and al-qaeda. or at least that it openly claims to be and receives billions of dollars for it. in other words, they theoretically share the same goals and enemies.
  2. the indian intelligence agencies are known to covertly support terrorism and are widely suspected of playing a double game. in other words, not a credible alternative for someone like this doctor to go to.

in such a situation where india is greatly benefited as a result of its ally’s actions, indians would most certainly not be furiously demanding the doctor be hanged.