'history never repeats itself'
that is the essence of your aql e qul. it means u r mentally stunted. anyway, i wont be too harsh, because i know u people are defending the country in the cyber realm. my issue is that u people go overboard. im not a patwari nor jiala but rather a common pakistani. no person in his right mind can argue that our army is faultless in how our country is bankrupt at this moment. u people start jumping in to defend the army even in the face of DUE criticism, thus trying to turn army into a sacred cow, above criticism and accountability. the more u do it the more educated pakistanis in pakistan and around the world get turned off at the institution. the day the army hangs musharraf, kyani, raheel sharif, general qazi, zahid ali akbar, is the day when we will all accept the fauj has turned over a new leaf. also dont try to hide behind the veneer of paper evidence. it is like the indian trolls who claim there is no human rights abuses in kashmir right now because there is currently no visual evidence and all facts filtering out is just hearsay. when u take that argument as a refuge, u sort of undermine your own standing.
About history.
Do you believe in cyclical theories - of history - or of social change - or of politics? If so, do you have any evidence? If history is cyclical then are there any constant parameters that guide the patterns - if so what are they?
Some religions have cyclical theories of history and social change. If so, then there is no need of evidence; that's your belief.
Do you NOT believe in evolutionary theories - of social change - or history - of material change - of society - or human experience?
I suggest another avenue to argue; argue from 'abstract and constant' nature of the man (perhaps that will beg a question that
what IS history) or argue from 'Pure logic" and idealism. IMO that'd wrong but do try to argue - I'm certain that you are a genuine
aql-e-qul and can prove anything.
Don't worry much about my stunted growth, I'm also aware of that - if that makes you happy I fully accept your judgment.
Anyway I stick to my (stunted) position that "history repeat itself" is a falsity and a misconception or a belief or absurd idealism. Yet it is a
rhetoric for simplification or to emphasize a point and there is a limited range when such rhetoric can be used.
About Military.
When did I aimed to defend (or not defend) army or any other actor?; Perhaps history is objective reading of events and characters from various aspects to understand actors, the nature of their acts and their motivations and compulsions . It is misuse of history to assert statements about morals, personal goals or preferences.
In such parameters discussions are long and detailed ( and perhaps not much fruitful on this forum). It requires some knowledge which sure I, the stunted growth, lack ) Different political ideologies are guided by political experience but they originate from different considerations. If you wish to argue for any particular political ideology/action, please do so in clear terms.