Adil Najam
The headline screams out that more than 40 people are dead after a heartless and soulless suicide attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi. The story under it tells us that more than half of those butchered are children.
Numb. Enraged. Without words. One stares into space.
How many such headlines have we seen? How many more are we destined to see?
Carnage. Bloodshed. Callousness. Hatred.
These are not things that anyone with a modicum of humanity can become used to. Yet, the world passes us by. Its not even news for the rest of the world. They are too busy worrying about “their” Taliban, to care about what “our” Taliban are doing. In the crazy world that we have manufactured, not every death is created equal. And certainly not every life.
Once again, Pakistanis die. Once again, Pakistanis cry. Alone.
Once again, Pakistanis stare into the darkness of nothingness, looking for answers. There are few words of sympathy from those who claim to be our friends. There are only sneers and jeers from those who are our enemies.
Why, one asks, why? Why do they hate us so?
In this video interview one would-be suicide bomber speaks up. It is harrowing. Listen, if you will, to the voice of hatred. Listen, if you can, to what Pakistan’s enemy sounds like.
Adil, we share your outrage at the same time we feel so helpless. I read one opinion that unless main religious parties in Pakistan, who also participate in politics, come out clearly against such attacks and against the violent movement which perpetuate such outrage, this violence will not be stopped. After watching the video of brain washed young man only a concerted and totally united response from Pakistanis will have a chance to succeed
Yes, Cry But then wipe yout tears and get back to work.
These are the leakages expected to happen in a messy warfare. A pakistani wagondriver on hashish or sleeping on the job kills more people. I dont want to hear any set of sad songs anymore.
Listen, even the most expensive and sophisticated American routine patrols in Iraq get blown away by IEDs. Hate the abreviations so I googled it. Improvised expleosive devices.
Very hard to identify non bearded Talibans now. Every angry man is not a Taliban.
They are mixed in with security personnals. Take out the source that polluting young minds. Remember its a two way street. We are as nasty to them as they are to us.
About Kashmir. Please tell India we dont want Kashmir , keep it.
Even if a new Kashmir state was born, there will be something else. Its in their psyche now to protest.
Dont forget, there are more muslims live in India than Pakistan.
I would go as far as dismantling the pakistan army and find them a job in agriculture. But tis not the time to discuss that. Thats for later.
Remember its easy to bomb them into pieces but hard to keep them in a peace.
hmmm Its not a very good “Take home message” so let me come up with another one.
Until then,
Khuda hafiz
Shahid
Yes, they are a minority. But there are enough of them to be killing Pakistanis every day. We need to fight them and stop looking at them as “Paksitanis” or as “Muslims”. They obviously care about neither.
The man in the video is obviously a brain-washed moron but he belongs to a very small minority. Sure, he’s in the news because his parrot-talk is so outrageous. But what the majority of Pakistanis think and feel is what is important today.
I think that Yousuf Nazar has summed up the big picture very well in his Dawn article dated December 5:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-l ibrary/dawn/news/pakistan/12-the+axis+of+trouble–b i-07
I am wondering when his amir himself will go on a fidaee mission? Guess he is too coward to attempt it himself!
Pathetic….