Is OUR humanity dead yet?

During the last American elections, I watched the people of US vote for a different party. I watched them vote for a different candidate. I watched them vote for a different man. I watched them vote for a different race. I watched them vote for a different colour. I watched them vote for a different back ground and even a different religion (at least linked to). Through the US elections, I watched the ordinary Americans wanting a change through to get away from the atrocities that Bush caused on this earth and innocent humans. People thought that this time the new leader will make this world a better living place for all of us, but they couldn’t have been more wrong. The murder of those who have nothing to do with 9/11 still continues. The murder of those who only want the US to leave their land alone still continues, as if it was the birth right of the Americans, to be on that land and to treat the common Afghans worse than a pet dog living in the US. The trigger happy Americans would not hesitate for a second before killing a few Afghans/Talibans/Muslims while on the other hand; they build special air conditioned rooms for their security dogs…..

Perhaps the Afghans should have happily welcomed the US army with a bunch of roses. This is a foreign invader who first imported “Mujahidins” into Afghanistan, trained them, armed them, and then “converted” them into “Talibans”. Obviously that was not enough, the US then carried on and entered Afghanistan supposedly in the pursuit of the same people (now renamed “Terrorists”), who were there in the first place by the American orders and support. Talibans (aka terrorists) were the same people who were paid 43 Million dollars in May 2001 by the US govt. But an important question we should ask ourselves here is, who is most disadvantaged in this whole deal, American trained Talibans (The trainee), the American army (The trainer) itself or just the common Afghans?

This so called “war on terror” should be renamed. It is a shameful war on humanity and the common citizens. It is a disgust that will stay with the word “America” like a twin brother for a very long time. Perhaps a better name would simply be “war on humanity”. Every time a military operation is carried out in Afghanistan or the Pakistani border, it leaves scores of children and other civilians dead and injured. The attacks in Afghanistan and even in Pakistan are increasing from both sides. So a question we must ask ourselves is: are the Talibans actually decreasing or increasing in numbers? After so many years of the US invasion since 7th October 2001, and millions of people dead, injured or directly affected by this war, we must ask ourselves what are the real motives behind first creating, training, befriending and sponsoring a monster, and then destroying whole countries and their citizens to supposedly catch this “monster” which in fact seems to be on the increase?

While the war carries on, and we all stand by to watch death of humanity, I ask ALL Pakistanis here to please think and if possible reply with their thoughts on my questions below that I often think about :

• Why are Pakistanis fighting someone else’s dirty war?
• Why must Pakistanis do the dirty work for others?
• Why should Pakistanis die in this war while the Americans themselves are relaxing thousands of miles away and still pointing fingers at Pakistan to “do more”?
• What have we achieved by selling our souls to these western nations?
• Is Pakistan richer than before?
• Is Pakistan safer than before?
• Why should Pakistanis have the blood of hundreds of thousands of other humans (Afghans and Pakistanis) on their hands?
• Even if for money, how can this blood money do any good to our children when it is a payment for killing other children in the first place?
• Is this the Pakistan you want to leave for your coming generations, and is this the “wealth” you really want to leave for your children?

When will enough ever be enough?