Attention U.S. citizens

How much U.S. Government cares for the life of U.S. citizens now? A retrospect and future advise for the U.S. citizens.

(By Jyoti Narula in India)

The United States of America tends to topple the Governments in any part of the world where a US citizen is killed. But is that anymore a case? Let us perform a retrospective.

Of late, every Goverment in United Stated of America have been funding Pakistan to the nose in order to maintain a stake in the affairs of Asia as well as to counter the erstwhile USSR. Even after the disintegration of USSR and thus the end of cold war two decades ago, the successive Governments of the United Stated have found it beneficial to aid Pakistan in order to achieve the unknown in South East Asian region. All this while, the aid and the weapons donated by the USA have been used by Pakistan to either directly attack India (and to be humiliated at the end) or to fight the proxy war in shape of the state-sponsored terror against the same country since 1980. All this while, the 'peaceful' and 'peace-loving', 'truly democrated' country called India has been crying foul but to no heed by any of the successive US leaderships. The US agencies have committed many grave mistakes all this while. Even the dreaded Taliban, a grave danger to the entire world community were the brain-child of whom, the whole world knows. Talibans were erected and funded to fight against the Russian forces in Afghanistan. Later these very Taliban captured power in Afghanistan and in collusion with the likes of Al-Qaida implemented a number of terror attacks on the entire world including the 9/11 attack on the U.S.

There might have been compulsions of these US aids to Pakistan until the last decade of twentieth century, but what the world including myself fails to understand is, 'what is the compulsion now for a democracy like USA to aid a rogue state called Pakistan?'

First fact that goes against this aid is that the world's worst terrorist and America's enemy number one, Osama bin Laden has been found not in the backyard but virtually the living room of Pakistan; a stone's throw away from their military academy. As if that was not enough, another wanted terrorist David Colman Headley, real name Daood sayed Gilani has spilled the beans about Pakistan. I will not go into much details as this will be a waste of time

Headley, who testified in Chicago court that he started working with Lashkar terror outfit in 2000, has said the terror outfit Lashkar and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, known as ISI, operate under the same umbrella. Pakistan has repeated what it has maintained since 2008, that the ISI had no links to Lashkar. India has been shouting from rooftop since early eighties of the last century that the terrorism in India and elsewhere is state-sponsored by Pakistan. If the Governments in the United States failed to realize this or conveniently ignored this in past, here is the proof being admitted now in a US court of law.

'Your terrorism and my terrorism', 'your terrorist and my terrorist'; these phrases are obsolete in this ever shrinking global village. In fact these always were. A terrorist is a terrorist for all. But the Governments in the United States have perhaps miserably failed or avoided to understand this simple fact. For them, the terror in India meant the terror for India. But if that was the case, then why the accused of 11/26/2008 attack on India are now being tried in the United States? I want the answer.

Prosecutors in Chicago court also showed video surveillance that Headley took in Copenhagen (Denmark) in order to facilitate a potential attack in Denmark. Headley admitted to helping plan an attack on Copenhagen that never could happen. Had that happened, God forbid, there could have been casualties of the US citizens there as well.

Now talking about the seriousness of the US governments to save the lives of the US citizens. It has been the history of the US that if a single US citizen gets killed in any part of the world, the Goverment machinery in US tends to topsy-turvy the Governments in that part of the world using all their might in order to seek justice and bring the culprits to book. But what you might find interesting to think is, 'is it a move to set an example so that no one lets a harm on any US citizen in future or is it just an act of revenge/pretence/show of might?'

As far as my mind makes me believe is that the first argument holds good. It must be a move to make the circumstances such that there is no undue casualty of the US citizens anywhere in future. But if that is the case, then punishing one David Colman Headley or Tahavvur Rana will not do. Punish them with death sentence all right but that is not enough. You have to annihilate the machinery which is producing these terrorists. The least your Government can do in this regard is to stop aiding the same machinery. A single dollar of help to Pakistan can help loss of some more US citizen's lives in some part of the world.

Dear US citizens, your Government shall try to make you digest a few more arguements if and when it aids Pakistan in future. One of the arguments will be that each and every dollar given to that country shall be taken account of. My answer to this is, there is no way in this world by which you can tame even a corporate house against financial frauds. Pakistanis have been deceiving about this in past and can do it in future. Secondly, even if you take accounts of all the expenditures and assume or ensure that all the aid money upto the last cent has been utilized as the US desires, this aid has in fact saved Pakistan's own money that it would have spent on the same genuine need! The money saved thus can and will be spend on the same terror machinery that no one in this world desires except Pakistan. Pakistan is a state which fails to make its both ends meet without outside help and is going to remain that way. It does not have money to sponsor terrorism all by itself. If Pakistan is left to starve, the terrorism world-over shall die a natural death (or should I say 'starve to death!'). This is a point which needs to be thought of in depth. The moment the leadership of Pakistan finds a few extra bucks, they tend to spend it to spread mischief around the world. They have been fooling their helpers for the last six decades and the helpers which are considered more intelligent than the beggars ought to understand this simple fact now. If your goverment still ignores this fact which may cost you your life or limbs in future, you must question it. The citizens of democracies have this right to question. Before elections also you must take promises from the political parties that they shall in no way help a country like Pakistan with a single cent so that world including the US citizens can sleep with peace for the times to come.

This is to determine your Governments seriousness in protecting your lives rather than to let you die first and then prosecute the murderers. There is definitely one more way for your Government to protect you; that is to issue an advisory if not forcefully preventing you from going anywhere outside the United States, including the Europe. No one is safe nowhere in the world if Pakistan flourishes, even if your Government is able to protect you within your country. That security within the country too cannot be fool-proof, you must understand this. The Times Square blast in New York is an example. US has been utmost serious about security after 9/11. Still this blast happened. No security is fool proof. Even if it is, would you like to be confined within four-walls of your own country forever? Wouldn't you like the whole world to be safe for you and your future generations

Today is not an age of conquests. We are well into 21st century and in the age of global co-operation. The US can surely have a stake in Asia and its business by having cordial relations with india. The US president Mr. Barack Obama well understands this and has reflected his views time and again. His recent visit to India was historical. US does not need pakistan for any of its legitimate needs in this region. Co-operation with India is much more beneficial and desirable for the well being of both the countries rather than calling Pakistan as US's natural ally for the war against terrorism; thereby alienating India. Pakistan can be an ally in a 'war for terrorism' and not in the 'war against terrorism'. Being an ally of Pakistan can make you stand in accused box in the times not far. US funds Pakistan and Pakistan funds terror. So according to simple mathematics US is funding what? As a tax payer you are funding the US exchequer, so you are funding what?

Hillary Clinton has said that Pakistan did not know about Osama hiding in abotabad. She talks about how 'emotionally' the Pakistani leaders have told her this. I ask, "Is there a place for 'emotional fools' in the world politics? Can you survive if you trust the tears coming out from the eyes of an aligator?" Most probably Hillary too does not believe them. Even if she does, what about the daily revelations being made by Headley? She is giving a clean chit to Pakistan perhaps only to justify the ruthless aid been given by her Government to Pakistan which unfortunately according to me they plan to continue in future. Americans may die, Americans may get lame or maimed or blinded in terror attacks, but American Government plans never seem to change. It is only the citizens of the US which can and may force a change and I think they should and they must.

The Govermnents have invited the Governments and succeeded as well, but now a citizen of the largest democracy of the world is inviting the citizens of perhaps the greatest democracy of the world for a true and long lasting friendship. So do not forget to ask questions when a single cent of your hard-earned money as a tax-payer goes to Pakistan and funds terror.