Afghan War Will Blast US, Europe From Within

Hillary Clinton is the secretary of state of the United States. During the last US elections, she tried her best to be nominated presidential candidate from the platform of Democratic Party; however, she did not succeed. Incumbent President Obama was declared to be the most suitable candidate for the election of the president and he also won the election. The lobbies that wanted to see Hillary elected as president adopted another way in order to avoid disappearing from US political scene. They devised several plans and finally Hillary was nominated for the position of secretary of state. These lobbies succeeded here and Hillary was appointed secretary of state.

Hillary Clinton is wife of former President Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton was a Democrat president. Even during that time, Hillary was politically very active. Her husband had his own view about the global issues. He did his level best to change the political landscape of South Asia; however, he did not succeed. Practically, he was influenced by the Indian lobby. Hillary's mindset forces her to bend toward India. She appears to be very close to the think tanks who look upon the joint and individual influence of China and Pakistan as a major obstacle in the way of long-term US policy and consider India to be the most important power of this region or want to give India that status, which is nothing but a figment of their imagination.

Taliban and Al-Qa'ida Leadership
Very recently, Hillary Clinton gave a very harsh statement against Pakistan. In this statement, she said some of the people in Pakistani Government know about the whereabouts of leadership of Afghan Taliban and Al-Qa'ida. She threatened that if Pakistan continued to be negligent toward this matter, the United States, itself, will strike in Pakistani areas. This statement of hers induced a strong reaction in Pakistan. The Senate, too, approved a resolution against it.

The United States is the only superpower at this time. There is no second power in the world that could defy any of the steps it takes on international level. Therefore, the US political attitudes have changed. Ever since the era of former President Ronald Reagan, the US administrations started to change their attitude in global politics and the principle of waging war for the sake of preventing war was introduced. It became the foundation of Reagan Doctrine later. The strategy of war proved successful against Russian expansion. Pakistan, during the era of President Ziaul Haq, played a key role in the success of this strategy. Russia suffered defeat in Afghanistan. Not only was Russia defeated but the Russian communist empire was also shattered to pieces. Former President Bush and the presidents elected after him continued the policy of might is right.

Withdrawal of Forces From Iraq and Afghanistan
The American nation is sick of the aftermath of this strategy of war. They elected Obama as their new president. Obama had raised the slogan of change. However, the change for which the American people had elected Obama president never came about. President Obama, who had promised to withdraw forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, did not fulfill his promise. On the contrary, despite the public pressure, he decided to commit fresh troops to Afghanistan. He had taken this decision under the pressure of Pentagon, Department of State and Zionist lobbies. However, it did not bear any positive fruit. The major operation which was launched in Helmand, after the arrival of these troops, failed.

When President Obama became president, the same lobbies that had clutched George Bush, Bill Clinton and George W Bush, closed in on him. The United States had accused Iraq of possessing destructive weapons and developing weapons of mass destruction and said that these weapons were a threat to the neighboring countries, which are friends of the United States. It did not remain a secret any longer that this accusation was false and baseless. Intoxicated by power, the United States ripped through Iraq and proved that might is all right. In Europe, the United States destroyed Czechoslovakia because it was the only communist government left. It wanted to do the same to Afghanistan. However, here they failed.

In Afghanistan, the United States went even further than the principle of waging war for the sake of preventing war. In this case, the United States went on a war as a precautionary measure. The American and Israeli Jews call it right to preventive war. They used the same technique in Afghanistan. They thought that if the Taliban, who claim to have formed an Islamic government, succeeded here, the entire American and European civilization would be jeopardized.

Atrocities Against Sikhs
The Sikhs are very lighthearted and they enjoy jokes. They like to tell and listen to the jokes about themselves. They do not mind it the slightest bit. One of their jokes is very famous. There were several villages of Sikhs spread around at small distances at a place. The Sikhs of one village thought that they should cultivate sugar cane, as it earns a lot of profit. A wise Sikh said: although, it is something very profitable but if the people of the neighboring village chewed all sugar cane, we will suffer huge loss. Then, with mutual consultation, they decided to teach the neighbors a lesson. Therefore, they raised the slogan of Sat Sri Akal (victory belongs to them who recite the name of God with true heart) and invaded the neighboring village and annihilated everything. The villagers asked the invaders: brothers, what was our fault that you inflicted this misery upon us? The invaders brandished their clubs and said: "Chew more sugar canes!"

The United States have been doing since 1981 what the Sikhs did here. The invasion of Afghanistan had a similar reason; and now the United States is thinking the same about Iran. However, it cannot do the same to Iran; nor can it drive Pakistan with this whip because the US and Pakistani military leaderships are in harmony.

Pakistan-US Ties
In this statement, Hillary said: "The relations between Pakistan and the United States have improved. Pakistan's efforts against terrorism are appreciable." It appears that Hillary issued this comparatively soft statement under the pressure of US military leadership. Thus, the differences between US military and civil leaderships have started to become visible.

Unless President Obama gets rid of his present advisors, he will not succeed in establishing peace and the Afghan war will blast the United States and Europe from within.

Tense Situation in Kashmir Calls For Redeployment of Withdrawn Troops

As soon as the summer season sets in, snow starts melting in the Kashmir valley. And infiltration accelerates through the passes in the border region, mounting the threat of terrorist attacks. Recently, militants attacked the military and security forces, killing few soldiers and officers. In the retaliatory operation by the army and security forces, many militants were killed and huge cache of arms and ammunition were seized.

Dismantling Militant Infrastructure
Defense Minister A.K. Antony stated recently that even today 42 terrorist training camps are being run and Pakistan does not intend to dismantle the militant infrastructure. Pakistani rulers and anti-India elements are intolerant of peace that has of late returned to Kashmir. The moderate factions of the Hurriyat Conference are making efforts for the establishment of lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir through talks due to which unrest is growing among the handlers of militants in Pakistan.

Syed Salahuddin, chairman of the United Jihad Council in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, holding out a threat to separatist Kashmiri leaders said, "They should modify their modus operandi and resolve their differences, failing which the command of the struggle being waged in Jammu and Kashmir will be taken over by militant organizations. If the militant organizations, especially the youth felt that because of the differences among separatists their sacrifices will go waste, then he would himself assume the command of the struggle."

Motive Behind Unrest
Ventilating his ire on the army and security forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, Salahuddin asked police personnel in Jammu and Kashmir not to take over the command of the anti-militancy front.

Salahuddin and his associates support leaders of Pakistan-based hardliner factions, Syed Ali Shah Gilani, and his supporters but by voicing his anger against the moderate faction leaders, he holds out warnings to them. The motive behind it is that these leaders should follow Gilani. These leaders killed the chief of the moderate faction Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's father, Maulvi Farooq, People's Conference leader Abdul Ghani Lone and Ghulam Muhammad Mustafa, and his colleagues.

Salahuddin is associated with the hard line organization Jamaat-e-Islami. He contested the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections in 1987 as a candidate of the Muslim Mutihada Mueaz, but lost. He accused the then Farooq Abdullah-led government of rigging because of which he was defeated.

Irked over it, he and his supporters went to the Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Taking advantage of this situation the then Pakistan dictator Ziaul Haq unleashed a proxy war against India by inciting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir through the "Operation Topac." Salahuddin is exploited from time to time by his handlers in Pakistan and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for making him issue "anti-India" statements and for provoking the Kashmiri youth.

Resolving Kashmir Issue
In order to divert the attention of the Pakistani public from issues such as price-rise, terrorist violence and other problems, Pakistani leaders are bringing pressure for talks on India for the resolution of the Kashmir problem and issues relating to the distribution of river waters. The common Kashmiris are fed up with the frequent incidents of violence and bloodshed and, of late militants are not readily reuniting the youth from Kashmir to join their activities.

The threat held out by militant leaders such as Salahuddin to Police is also a matter of concern. The police have been entrusted the duty of providing security at certain places but they do not possess necessary arms and training to take on terrorists who are equipped with modern arms and explosives. Moreover, police are also assigned the duty of maintenance of law and order in the state and a majority of police personnel being locals tend to hesitate to take on terrorists for various factors.

It is, therefore, imperative that in view of the sensitive situation in Kashmir, the military deployed there should not be withdrawn and the military already withdrawn should be redeployed in Kashmir so that the security arrangements could be fortified, lest some fresh major incident of terrorism take place there.