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| AQ Khan on History and Present Politics |
| 2009-04-29 |
| Random thoughts By A Q Khan Most Pakistanis believed that the American elections were going to be a panacea for all our ills, that as soon as Obama entered the White House, things would change and the drone attacks would cease. But facts show that our politicians misjudged the situation. There was a drone attack in the tribal areas the very day President Obama took oath. Since then the frequency and intensity of these attacks have increased and their range has been extended. In a recent speech in Ankara, President Obama categorically stated that the US was not against Islam. In other words, though he could do nothing against a religion or an ideology, he could still continue to have innocent Muslim men, women and children killed in various parts of the world. In short, only the outer colour has changed, the content is the same. As the United Nations was (is) not the independent body it claims to be and always acts in accordance with the wishes of the USA, the UK and other Western countries, a resolution was passed soon after the UN's establishment to create the State of Israel on land owned and inhabited by Palestinian Muslims and Christians. More than 50 years have passed since then during which time thousand upon thousand of Palestinians have been massacred and their land usurped. The Americans, the British and the French never allow any resolution to be passed against Israeli atrocities, forcible occupation of land and forceful deportation of its people. Recent statements by the US have revealed that expenditures on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for this year will amount to $ 83 billion. Look at the economic situation of the USA and note the bankruptcy of many American institutions. See also how many families have been forced to live in small tents out in the open due to this economic situation and the foreclosure of bank loans on their property. Imagine if that amount of money had been spent on the American poor. As for Pakistan, Afghanistan or any other country posing a threat to American security, one clear-cut warning from the USA that any act of aggression would result in that country's total and immediate annihilation would be sufficient deterrent. However, before any such retaliatory action is undertaken, acts of aggression from the accused should be unequivocally proven, the culprit(s) identified, the facts laid before a neutral UN and their concurrence obtained. Mischievous retribution based on blatant lies, as we saw in the cases of Iraq and Afghanistan by President Bush, Prime Minister Blair and their cronies, should not be tolerated. If the US continues to aggressively interfere in the affairs of other countries, it will sooner or later have to bear the consequences, to say nothing of the hatred against it that this behaviour causes. In the same way, as a person never expects accidents or misfortune to befall him/her, so too the Americans think that nothing can happen to them because they are the world's only superpower. But God's hand works in mysterious ways. How often do we not see racing-car drivers die in car accidents and expert swimmers drown? We have recent examples of people starving who previously had abundant food and in whose mind the thought of starvation or begging for a bowl of rice had never entered. Although, like most religions, Christianity preaches love, brotherhood and turning the other cheek, what is practiced in daily life is something different. History has shown Christians to have often been unbelievably cruel, repressive, racist and genocidal, perpetrating the murders of millions of innocent people. Cases in point are the slaughter of Red Indians and Latin Americans by colonists, Muslims in Spain and the Philippines by the Spaniards, the Bosnians by the Serbs, the Vietnamese and the Koreans by the Americans, the Palestinians by the Israelis, the Africans in South Africa and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. Although the Israelis are not Christians, they would not be able to continue their aggression against the Palestinians without the tacit agreement of other Western countries, the USA in particular. Islamic history also has some examples of violence, but there are many instances of humanitarian treatment meted out to defeated non-Muslims. For example, after their conquest the Crusaders massacred thousands of Muslims in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Many authentic history books have mentioned pools of blood in the mosque so deep that the hooves of the Crusaders' horses were covered in it. No single Muslim was spared. Contrary to this, Saladin, after retaking the mosque, freed all elderly men and women prisoners and let them return to Europe. Young soldiers were allowed their freedom upon payment of a ransom. Those who could not pay for themselves were secretly paid for by Saladin Ayubi's brother, who secured their release and facilitated their safe return to Europe with foodstuff. Had Muslims followed Western colonialist trends, the whole of Spain, India and the East European countries would have become Muslim-majority countries. But Muslims followed the edict of live and let live and, with very few exceptions, did not forcibly convert or kill off the people they conquered. Considering their own past history, the Christian nations have no right to accuse Muslims in general of being terrorists. As is part of Christian ethics, "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone." |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 Yes, this is the famous AQ Khan |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-04-29 18:22 |
| #4 I assume that this is the AQ Khan... someone who deserves a VIP suite at Guantanamo as much as anyone? Instead he lives free and pens pseudo-historical screeds justifying war with the West in just about as many words. I guarantee there will be no answering salvo from the free people of the West; as usual, we forfeit the match in the 'game of ideas.' Bush & co. never could get this right, Obama & co. will only be worse. That AF1 photo-shoot probably cost more than our entire budget dedicated to 'push-back' against editorials like this one. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-04-29 09:38 |
| #3 His mentality explains why his country is in such a mess as they are always the victim never the aggressor!!!!! |
| Posted by: paul2 2009-04-29 08:38 |
| #2 Yet, he does not mention the Hindu Kush "Killer of the Hindus" - an entire mountain range named after the millions who perished on the way to the slave markets after their capture by the Muslims. |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-04-29 08:07 |
| #1 Typical Muslim: stuff that happened 500 years ago is still current. It's one of the things that holds back their cultures. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-04-29 07:34 |