Friends, not Master: On the Issue of United States Interference in Pakistan, Pakistan Should Do What Congress and The Administration of the United States Did About Russian Interference in America

Friends, not Master: On the Issue of United States Interference in Pakistan, Pakistan Should Do What Congress and The Administration of the United States Did About Russian Interference in America

 

In the fifty years of history of Pakistan’s friendship with China, China has never sabotaged democracy in Pakistan, as the United States and the West sabotaged democracy in Pakistan

Mujeeb Khan

 

President George W Bush and President Asif  Ali Zardari

 President Ronald Reagan and President General Zia Ul Haq

 

  Foreign interference in the internal affairs of sovereign countries is increasing. Democracy has been spoken of by nations. But on the other hand, the freedom of nations to make their own decisions is separated from democracy. And where democracy ends, and autocracy begins. Nations asked whether they are with the West or against the West. They are under pressure to decide what to do. Who to relate to and who not to relate to? This dictation has become a major issue. If the United States does not like anyone to interfere in its internal affairs, then why does the United States like to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries? Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election drew strong reactions from Congress and in the media. Congress had appointed a special counsel to investigate the Russian meddling. The investigation took two years and cost $25 million. More than sixty Russian diplomats have been expelled from the United States for allegedly interfering in US elections. And it said that there was an attempt to damage our democratic system. The roots of the American democratic system are two hundred years deep. And it is not easy to harm them. But despite this, there was a strong reaction in the United States to this intervention. When the United States does not like any outside power to interfere in its democratic system. This is exactly what emerging democracies say.

 Pakistan has been ruled by military dictators for almost 35 years. who was the yes man of US foreign policy, they could not call an enemy of the United States a friend of their country without the permission of the United States, in other words, the status of women in the Taliban’s system today was the position of dictators in the American system at that time? The people of Pakistan have made great sacrifices for freedom and democracy. The United States has never valued or respected the sacrifices of the people of Pakistan for democracy. Standing on the podium, they talk about freedom, democracy, good governance, and corruption. But coming down from the podium, their actions are the opposite. That is Phony and Hippocrates.

 Whenever the democratic era has come in Pakistan, the United States and the West have conspired against it and have undermined democracy in their foreign policy goals. And there are ways to bring the military to power. Military governments work according to their foreign policy agenda. Now because the era of military governments has become outdated. There is talk of democracy, in countries like Pakistan, corrupt political leaders favor them. Corrupt leaders are weak and live in fear, and they are a great alternate to military rule. The governments of Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif are before the people. Asif Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gilani were the first to visit the White House after taking the oath. As Vice President Dick Cheney had asked for Pakistan's ambassador to Washington, Zardari had nominated him as Pakistan’s ambassador.

 The Bush-Cheney administration has done injustice to the people of Pakistan who have been accused of corruption and money laundering, they had fled Pakistan. President Bush was trying to bring them back into Pakistan’s politics. President Bush had asked President Musharraf to pardon them and allow them to participate in politics. President Bush did not ask these leaders to first clear their names through a legal process. President Bush has forgotten the rule of law in Pakistan. In the past, the United States has used corrupt military dictators in its foreign policy interest, and now it is using corrupt political leaders. Surprisingly, the corrupt Zardari’s $60 million, which he had kept in a Swiss bank and frozen at the request of the government of Pakistan, returned to Zardari. These corrupt leaders were brought to power by the Bush administration at that time. And their government was tasked with making the war on terror war of attrition. The Bush-Cheney administration was gone but ten years of Zardari and Nawaz Sharif governments were hell for Pakistan. Pakistan is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world. This is called meddling, which the interfering countries do in their foreign interests. Pakistan paid a heavy price for it.

 Pakistan was the first country to recognize the People’s Republic of China. The Kennedy administration had condemned Pakistan’s decision. Pakistan had established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. Trade and cultural activities with China began. Ten years later, the United States recognized the People’s Republic of China. This meant that Pakistan’s decision to recognize China was correct. But Pakistan’s decision to join the Western bloc in Cold War was wrong. If Pakistan had the same relations with the Soviet Union as India, then perhaps the political governments in Pakistan would have succeeded. The West’s relations with the Soviet Union fluctuated, sometimes there were extreme tensions, and sometimes normal tensions. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated when Soviet troops arrived in Afghanistan. After the arrival of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Kremlin, Soviet Union’s relations with the West improved. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher said after her first meeting with Gorbachev that “we can do business with Gorbachev.” Dinner was given at the White House in honor of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, champagne was toasted, and US-Soviet relations returned to normal. But Pakistan’s war against Soviet forces continued in Afghanistan. Now, the West had good relations with the Soviet Union. President Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The West has left Pakistan in the mess of the Cold War. After this bitter experience, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s policy is 101% correct that Pakistan wants friendship from all. Small countries should not waste their time participating in military power struggles for nonsense reasons.

 Three years after Pakistan’s independence, the Soviet Union invited Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to visit Moscow. Prime Minister canceled a visit to the Soviet Union and left for the United States at the invitation of President Harry Truman. President Truman welcomed them with great honors. Truman sent his personal plane to London, carrying Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to Washington. It was 1950. Twenty years later in 1970, India, with the help of the Soviet Union, tore Pakistan apart. And the US did nothing to save Pakistan from India-Soviet aggression. Now, Pseudo- intellectuals in Pakistan say Imran Khan should not have visited Russia. There is no need to be afraid of anyone in the world. Pakistan is now 75 years old. Those who have been corrupt for seventy years are terrified. Pakistan a mature sovereign country, should make its own decisions without fear.

 The US meddling in Pakistan is once again creating a dangerous situation. The countries of the region are working for stability in Afghanistan in an exceedingly difficult condition. To prevent Afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorists. Increasing US intervention in Pakistan is giving a new lease of life to extremists. Nawaz Sharif’s party has had ties to al-Qaeda since 1990. Nawaz Sharif also sought bin Laden’s help in winning the election. The Biden administration will hand over the region to terrorists. When the new administration comes, it will start declaring Pakistan a terrorist state. And it will say that the army and ISI of supporting terrorists. The United States has become very tough on the world. The peace-loving nations of the world should have now tough on America.