Zaidi Qasim
Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
Well, Fawad has come up with some texts of the American leadership and its activities during the 1971 war which he dugged out from the American state department Archives( I do not know how much of that is true !!! ) My question is very simple and addressed to him. Why is it that after helping Pakistan during the past 50 or 60 years, by providing much needed aid, Arms to fight and dollars to support, Pakistan is still not able to become a vialble country with strong economy ? Why the peoples of Pakistan still do not like American policies and hate their aid ? To answer the first question, the Aid which Americans were providing to Pakistan never reach the ordinary Pakistanis. Either it went to the bank accounts of the leadership or went to the bank accounts of the Army Generals who had taken over the Government and running the country as dictators fully supported by American Government. knowing very well that the support in terms of dollars and its benefits were not reaching to the common Pakistanis, they never bother to hold the Governments accountable ( mostly dictators) to ensure the presumed benefits reach to the poor people of Pakistan. Now , you can turn around and say that it is the responsibility of the Government of Pakistan to ensure the distribution of the aid reach where it meant to, however, it was not a secret that since leadership was totally sold out to the Americans and money was diverted ( in some cases without even reaching pakistan) to the swiss accounts of the Army generals and others, Americans looked at other way as long as their demands were being fulfilled by the Pakistani dictators.
The perception of the Government of America does not depend on soely to its financial support to country, But their overall behaviour is also very important. What Pakistani felt that American install their stooges in higher leadership and keep supporting dictators one after another for their own interest ( Afghanistan), while completely ignoring the state of the people in the country who were denied opportunities and were strangled by Institutions like IMF and others which runs on the dictation of the western countries including USA.
Their behaviour towards Muslims after 911 also played a big part in shaping the opinion of Pakistanis. On the one hand they see, American support every dictator who took the control of Government in Pakistan, and on the other hand, American stood side by side with Isreali Governemnt and helped its policies and protected the Governement in UNO and other international forums.If one can only count the numbers of times American vetoed the security counsel resolutions against Isreal. Obviously, these policies have a long time effects and it is very difficult for people like Fawad to present a Good image of USA in this forum and others, even though this is the reason Fawad and others have an access to the resources and the funds.
The perception of the Government of America does not depend on soely to its financial support to country, But their overall behaviour is also very important. What Pakistani felt that American install their stooges in higher leadership and keep supporting dictators one after another for their own interest ( Afghanistan), while completely ignoring the state of the people in the country who were denied opportunities and were strangled by Institutions like IMF and others which runs on the dictation of the western countries including USA.
Their behaviour towards Muslims after 911 also played a big part in shaping the opinion of Pakistanis. On the one hand they see, American support every dictator who took the control of Government in Pakistan, and on the other hand, American stood side by side with Isreali Governemnt and helped its policies and protected the Governement in UNO and other international forums.If one can only count the numbers of times American vetoed the security counsel resolutions against Isreal. Obviously, these policies have a long time effects and it is very difficult for people like Fawad to present a Good image of USA in this forum and others, even though this is the reason Fawad and others have an access to the resources and the funds.