From: tsreddy@skitime.Eng.Sun.COM (T.S.Reddy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Report: U.S. insists Pakistan prove it's not backing terrorists
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:40:00 GMT
Organization: Sun
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In article <1993Jan11.080708@IASTATE.EDU> maali@IASTATE.EDU (Muhammad A Ali) writes:
>In article <1993Jan10.194952.17472@oakhill.sps.mot.com>,
>fmbutt@engage.sps.mot.com (Farooq M. Butt) writes:
>> 
>> This is yet another notch in the ratcheting up of anti-Pakistan/muslim
>> pressure.  I hope it is an expected one, because I was waiting for
>> this to happen.  Pakistan is useless to the USA and furthermore has is
>> seen as insolent to one of the masters' new buddies: India.  Remember
>> that geopolitically even though India is not a very important area for
>> US foreign policy, Pakistan's location is even worse.  Moreover India
>> has been attracting US capital any way it can (by deregulating old
>> socialist industries and trying to setup a silicon valley in
>> Bangalore). Thus the US finds itself holding a stake in India's
>> stability.  There is no such US stake in Pakistan.  Indeed, the
>> relationship has been so one-sided that Americans would not even bat
>> an eye at slamming the door on Pakistan, meanwhile our GNP would
>> suffer considerably.
>> 
>> The time has come to recognize the charade for what it is.  Today they
>> give 180 days to prove we're not terrorists, tomorrow it will be 60 to
>> prove we're not "fundamentalist mozzzzlems."  Indeed, it may even be
>> better for us to take the US demand nonchalantly, shrug our shoulders
>> and ask the state department boys to define "terrorist."  Ask them why
>> they made us arm, supply and feed Afghan "terrorists" and why they
>> aided us to the hilt. Ask 'em if this isn't a clear case of hypocricy ?
>> Tell 'em we find it tiresome to deal with hypocrites and tell 'em 
>> to shut up their spy-centers and embassies and, like, leave.
>> 
>> 
>> fmb
>
>
>        I think we should ask the new American Administration to prove that
>Pakistan is supporting terrorrists as the burden of proof is on them. Moreover
>we should try to stay away from America as a country (I don't mean we shouldn't
>visit USA). The best course of action for Pakistan is to attract as much
>investment from the ORIENTALS as bpossible as those guys have BIG BUCKS and are
>not a power threat to Pakistan and if they become we'll be able to deal with it
>hopefully. Let Indians have a Silicon Valley and lets get Tokyo.


     As a erstwhile native of Bangalore (which is being called Silicon Plateau),
I can vouch that one of the main reasons for it's immense success is that people
from all over India can settle there and feel right at home. Right now, the rest
of the world is also taking notice of that fact. Relatively little of the " I
want the whole pie for my caste, my language, my religion" talk exists.

     In the same vein, a simpler solution for Pakistan is to make a genuine 
attempt at solving problems with India on a bilateral basis and to start 
thinking of playing a constructive role in the sub-continent. It is  
abominable that when fratricidal enemies all over the world are making
up, the people in the sub-continent are going for each others throats
with a new vengeance. Until and unless Pakistan solves it's problems 
with India, it has little chance of seeing genuine progress.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.pakistan:19157 soc.culture.indian:42825 soc.culture.bangladesh:7307