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200 lb Guerilla In The Middle of
Things
Things
in Pakistan roll in a strange fashion. This country and its
people have become addicted to a guerilla presence. Without a
guerilla on the scene, nothing works or moves. Every ten years
or so, a guerilla falls in the middle of things and then all
social, cultural, economic and political motions reset and game
starts over.
It did not happen once, twice, or thrice,
fourth such 200 lb guerilla is on the scene for the last seven
and half years and the whole universe is circling around him.
Parliament!
What parliament? Whole parliament is there to
do his bidding.
Judiciary!
What Judiciary? Whole judiciary is there to
validate the decrees issued by the guerilla in uniform.
Bureaucracy!
What bureaucracy? Whole bureaucracy is there
to do his chores.
Army!
What army? The armed forces of Pakistan? They
are not the armed forces of Pakistan. If they were armed forces
of Pakistan, they would have arrested, court-martialed and
jailed general Musharraf. But they are the armed forces of
general Musharraf. They are there to protect him and his system.
They don’t give a damn Pakistan may go to dogs.
This nonsense is not one day affair. It’s
going on for the last sixty years—a long time in the history of
any nation.
The strange thing is: how everything,
politicians, writers, journalists, judges, lawyers, teachers and
one hundred and sixty million people start circling around one
man. They don’t question him. They don’t ask him who the hell is
he and where the hell he comes from to rule them? They just
become humble servants to the will of one guerilla in uniform.
Imagine if there were one hundred and sixty
million house flies. If they would shit on GHQ the whole GHQ
would perish. Imagine if there were one hundred and sixty
million mosquitoes. If they would bite 6 hundred thousand men in
uniform they would all die. It is amazing how one hundred and
sixty million human beings endure all this humiliation, all
these miseries, all this nonsense by one guerilla in uniform and
they do nothing to get rid of this guerilla system.
Are one hundred and sixty million Pakistanis
worse than one hundred sixty million house flies? Are one
hundred sixty million Pakistanis worse than one hundred and
sixty million mosquitoes?
If these one hundred and sixty million human
beings have allowed fourth such guerilla to infringe upon their
rights, violate their constitution, break every law of the land,
disregard every decent value of civil life, they are definitely
something lesser than house flies and mosquitoes.
As long as the people of Pakistan act
something lesser than house flies and mosquitoes, a 200 lb
guerilla will always be there on the scene spinning things
around him. In order to put their house together and make their
country a state with constitution, rule of law and democracy,
they have to rise up to the occasion and put this guerilla and
his army in their place.
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