A Breath of Fresh Air by Dr. Ahmed Javed, PTI MN

A Breath of Fresh Air by Dr. Ahmed Javed, PTI MN

In many ways attending the PTI Minnesota dinner on 01/29/12 was a breath of fresh air. Unlike the politics that at least some of us have witnessed at some point in our lives in Pakistan, this was not about swearing an undying allegiance to a leader promising a brick for a stone against another ethnicity, nor was it about our tax-payer money sponsored billionaires claiming to be a God-sent gift to the beleaguered lot of Pakistan. It was an educated lot of people who have found a home away from home in Minnesota, but remain connected through what they have left behind or what they have brought with them, be it material or recognition of what their country has given them. They are every bit as Pakistani as their brethren back home. The loud applause that broke out in acknowledgment of PTI struggling to win the expatriates their right to vote was a testament to this infallible bond we share with Pakistan. Each one of us is pained by the state of affairs in the country. I am constantly reminded of a comment in the many political talk shows that come our way, “Pakistan is not a poor country but a poorly governed country.” I admit that until a few days ago I used to wonder of the “electability” of PTI candidates. Resilience can masquerade as helplessness only for so long and it seems that the "critical mass" of change is gathering. The massive crowds PTI has drawn in Lahore, Karachi and a list of cities that grows with time, is a harbinger of the hands of the deprived reaching out to reclaim the coffers that keep the future of their children locked away. Be it the notorious Swiss accounts of Mr. Zardari or the exponential growth of the assets of the Sharif Family in years of power. When the latter were handing out yellow cabs to literate able-bodied men, Imran Khan was bringing world-class cancer treatment to some of the most under privileged in the world. When they were boasting of the motorway project as their vision, even decades after it was completed and nothing further to offer, Imran Khan was bringing world-class education in the form of Namal College. PTI promises to empower the people of this country and not beg and steal their allegiance based on ethnicities. In the impressive turnout by the Pakistani community tonight, there were people of all ethnicities, different backgrounds, the old and the young – many among them the children that we would want to grow up proud of their identities. At a time when the fault lines in our society lay exposed and exploited by vested interests, PTI promises to restore the cohesiveness that can place us among the best of the best by the Will of Allah SWT. Pakistan lacks not in its geography, climate, agriculture, resources for energy generation or potential for industrial development. Unlike the caricatures we see of ourselves in the Western media we are a nation that desires peace. Our foundations lay in our desire to break free from persecution and live with dignity. As Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah said in his speech on 15th August 1947 “Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbors and with the world at large." PTI is in all likelihood our last chance to correct course. A handful of elite families have sucked at our veins long enough. It is our duty to speak up against the decades of injustice and I hope the Pakistani community in Minnesota and the US rises to the challenge. Ameen! Dr. Ahmed Javed, PTI MN

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The myth of Nawaz Sharif being anti-establishment by Zohaib Anwar

Recently there has been a lot of talk of Nawaz Sharif being a lone ranger fighting against the mighty GHQ aka the military establishment. Certain paid analysts and media pundits are constantly hammering this perception in electronic media and other news outlets. But let’s analyze this perception and see if Nawaz sincerely stood up against the establishment ever in his political career.
Nawaz Sharif has an interesting political history, he has been very controversial since he stepped in to politics back in mid-seventies. He started his political career in Tehreek e Istaqlal of Air Marshal Asghar Khan when Bhutto was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. When Bhutto’s government was ousted by a military dictator Zia ul Haq in a coup, Nawaz Sharif not only fully supported this unconstitutional move of Zia but went on to join the dictator in what was one of the most brutal military dictatorship in Pakistan.
During the dictatorship of Zia, Nawaz was made the Chief Minister of Punjab, the biggest province of Pakistan. Nawaz made full use of this opportunity to not only further his previously dismal political career but his personal wealth also increased manifolds. During his tenure as the Chief Minister, Nawaz Sharif also managed to grow close relations with Saudi Sheikhs who are staunch American supporters; in fact they are American puppets.
Zia imposed strict Islamic laws in Pakistan under the pretext of shunning all opposition to his military regime as anti-Islam. This strategy proved very successful as previously unpopular religious parties especially Jamat e Islami fully supported Zia. Religious Parties also helped legitimize Zia’s alliance with USA in Afghan war which was labeled as Afghan Jihad by successful marketing campaign of JI and Muslim League. Interesting to note here is that Nawaz did not oppose any brutal tactics used by Zia on ordinary citizens of Pakistan. Nawaz seemed to be content with Zia’s mission of turning Pakistan in to a theocratic state ruled by a brutal military dictator and helped by religious parties whose foot soldiers terrorized people on the streets during the 80′s. Until Nawaz’s ouster from government in 1998, Nawaz’s main campaign slogan was to complete what Zia had started.
Fortunately for Pakistan and unfortunately for Nawaz, Zia died in a horrendous plane crash triggered by a bomb that exploded in mid-air. By this time Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had returned to Pakistan and she was elected as the Prime minister in the next elections. Nawaz Sharif and his friends in the military establishment did not like Benazir one bit, they considered her a threat. So Nawaz conspired to over throw her by fabricating many scandals against her government with the help of the establishment. Point to be noted is that Nawaz could have denied being a part of these conspiracies by the military establishment but he never did as it helped him gain power and fulfill his godfather Zia’s rather convoluted mission.
In the decade of nineties, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir constantly engaged in tussles and mudslinging against each other. Both came in power many times but never completed their respective tenures as their governments fell victim to conspiracies and counter conspiracies. Finally in the late 90′s Nawaz gathered enough material to oust Benazir from power and successfully ran an election campaign revolving around Zia’s mission. When elected Nawaz’s first order of business was to quash any opposition to his government by either hook or crook, his goons attacked the supreme court, he made completely undemocratic amendments into the constitution giving full power to the prime minister without any checks and balances. His ultimate goal was to declare himself the Amir ul Momineen. Everything was going great for Nawaz until he stepped on GHQ’s tail by shifting the blame of Kargil war on the army. Nawaz as always has presented himself has an infallible politician who never commits any mistakes. In October 1998, Nawaz was ousted from his government through a coup by another military dictator Pervaiz Musharraf who was promoted to Chief of the Army Staff by Nawaz himself ahead of Ali Quli Khan while completely ignoring the merit.
During his incarceration after the coup against his government in October 1998, when it was most needed that he stands up against the dictator and a clear choice between fight or flight was at stake, Nawaz opted for flight rather than fight. He calmly filled 40 suit cases with his belongings and left Pakistan for a luxurious palace in Saudi Arabia along with all his close relatives. He also signed a deal once again with the military dictator hence giving him (Musharraf) more legitimacy.
Now fast forward to the current political situation in Pakistan, Nawaz is back in Pakistan and a dictator has been removed successfully by the people of Pakistan under the restoration of judiciary and lawyers movement. Today’s Nawaz seems to be very different from what it was when he was exiled, today’s Nawaz talks about democracy and strong institutions, he seems to have forgotten all his past mistakes of turning democracy in to fascism, his attack on the supreme court, his complete disregard for merit, amending the constitution to gain absolute power and most of all his unequivocal support of Zia’s brutal regime.
Nowadays Nawaz is talking about government free of any influence from GHQ, but all this seems like empty rhetoric as proven by the recent event in Pakistan. First there were those dreaded “wikileaks” that took the world governments by surprise, spilled many beans and ruined a lot of political careers. Wikileaks proved that Nawaz’s goal is to take over the position of number one stooge of USA in Pakistan from GHQ and PPP.
“The people involved were from this country — I am convinced,” Mr. Sharif is quoted as saying. “We must take strictest action against those elements.” Once India produced concrete evidence, “we should proceed whole hog,” he declared.
Nawaz Sharif was perhaps trying to stay in the good books of US and in doing so securing his prospects as a future leader of the country.”Nawaz Sharif was perhaps trying to stay in the good books of US and in doing so securing his prospects as a future leader of the country.”
Nawaz wants to prove to Americans that he is a trust worthy leader of Pakistan for USA. He wants to run Pakistan just like the Saudi Kingdom because in Saudi Arabia everyone is under Shah’s control but Shah himself is under complete American control. This notion is further strengthened by the recent Raymond Davis affair, Nawaz and his party currently ruling in Punjab, helped GHQ release Raymond Davis after a phony trial during which he was released after paying the blood money to the relatives of the deceased. This deal was brokered by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies and Shahbaz Sharif with the help of Saudi Arabia. It seems like if anything PMLN and GHQ are competing to prove their loyalty to USA.
Shahbaz Sharif received instructions from some of his foreign friends and he engaged some influential personalities of Lahore to convince the families of the deceased Faizan and Faheem to accept the money.
The question that people of Pakistan must ask why should they trust Nawaz Sharif this time?Nawaz Sharif was given numerous chances of standing up to the GHQ but every single time he rather strengthened the military establishment instead of standing up to them and he continues to do so, in fact he wants to prove to US that he is worthy ally just like the Saudi King. His myopic vision and ridiculous strategy of dealing with GHQ by being an American lapdog is laughable at best. His paid analysts and pundits do not present any strategy to deal with GHQ instead they are busy hiding Nawaz’s role in the shameful act of Raymond’s release by playing blame game in the media.Nawaz if you want to fight against the GHQ than what is your strategy and plan?What is your track record against GHQ, please give us examples of when you practically stood up against GHQ in the past or present?Why is replacing GHQ as a worthy ally of US your only goal?What is your strategy of dealing with the nexus of all that is ill with Pakistan called USA?Why are you hellbent on saving Saudis?Why are your party members still holding back room meetings with the COAS and other intelligence officers at mid night?Why did Punjab government not present a strong prosecution against Raymond Davis?Why wasn’t the court decision appealed by the prosecution?Why wasn’t the case of spying and anti-state activities lodged against Raymond Davis by the prosecution?Why did Punjab government collaborate with the intelligence agencies and GHQ on this issue?And last but not the least why haven’t you apologized for supporting Zia’s brutal regime and what compensation have you given to those effected under that regime?People of Pakistan are demanding answers to these questions from Nawaz Sharif and he must answer them to “prove” that he is “sincerely” an “anti-establishment leader”.

How to confine military to its constitutional role by Mohammad Imran (PTI US)

The debate about military’s role in foreign and domestic affairs of the country has intensified in the last few weeks. There is obviously a huge trust deficit that exists between the military and political elite.  While our political leaders consider the military leadership to be arrogant, the military views politicians to be too corrupt and incompetent to handle national affairs in an effective manner. In my view the reason for this predicament is our deeply flawed election process that produces a sub-standard leadership that results in a ineffective, corrupt and dysfunctional government which fails to live up to the aspirations of people resulting in frustration and chaos. This increases sense of insecurity in the government which in turn tries to make every institution i.e. media, judiciary subservient to its wishes. The chaos deepens and thus a void is created which is filled by military directly or in-directly. This cycle continues.
If elections are conducted based on 40% fake votes and behind the scene wheeling and dealing (i.e. NROs) with foreign powers, we will never be able to get out of this vicious cycle. So the only solution is to improve the election process. We should have a credible and independent election commission which is allowed to function without any interference and pressure by the government.  If the election process results in a credible and honest leadership, I am sure military will have no choice but to let that leader run the affairs without any interference.
We can draw a parallel with Turkey in this regard. Turkey also has a history of military coups and blatant interference in the affairs of the state. However, in recent times we have observed a change in the situation. Mr.Erdogan is a popularly elected leader who is not in good books of its military but due to the fact that he is popularly elected with an impeccable record, military has no choice but to respect his authority and confine itself to constitutional role. The result is a country with the biggest economy in the Muslim world, an important and well regarded player on the regional and global stage and a success story all around.
In Pakistan’s political landscape, the only person and only party that is capable of emulating Turkish model is Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lead by Imran Khan. In fact Imran Khan openly regards Mr. Erdogan as a role model. Imran’s track record speaks for it self. Therefore, if elections are conducted in a fair and transparent manner under an independent election commission, there is no doubt in my mind that PTI led by Imran Khan can mimic success of AK party under Mr. Erdogan.
Pakistan military is a professional entity and I am sure they will have no qualms in letting an honest and sincere leadership run the domestic and foreign policy of Pakistan. They will have no reason to doubt that a popularly elected government comprising honest individuals will compromise Pakistan’s interests. By doing so they will concentrate more on their professional affairs without any distractions. After all we live in a tough neighborhood and a strong & professional army is our need.
No doubt, we, the Pakistanis, are living in tough times but I have no doubt our best days lie ahead if we make the right decisions now.


Mohammad Imran  
Information secretary
PTI- Pennsylvania chapter, USA

Educating Pakistan - By Mr. Naeem Mohammad

Educating Pakistan By Mr. Naeem Mohammad The historic non-spending on the education of a nation has finally grown up to become a big ugly ogre. A teeming young population, sardine-tin classrooms, untrained and unwilling teachers and politicians still asleep – all indicative of a nation drifting towards the great iceberg of social anarchy. The tell-tale signs of a system under incredible stress are on our TV screens every day. Dysfunctional institutions, angry people on the streets, law and order chaos, hyperinflation and an ever growing size of cabinet are few of the symptoms of the ever-increasing viscosity of the blood that runs in our national veins. The rampant esurience of the rich and the bottomless deprivation of the poor; how many more signs do we need before we will realize that educating Pakistan is no longer a priority; it is a battle for survival of a proud nation that does not know how to save its youth. Perhaps it is our other-worldism that keeps getting in the way; too busy saving our souls to think why the people of my country die of the most ordinary conditions of flesh.So what is education? I only wish I knew the answer to this but I can have a try. Education is all that sets your mind and spirit free. If you are educated, then you have a sense of independence and you are brimming with qualified confidence. Education to me is the ability to combine mental fitness with physical and produce a human that is truly well rounded. Education provides you with the bread that feeds the hearth of your stomach but very importantly it provides you with the ideas to improve your life here and here-after. Education makes you think about others as much as you think about yourself. Anyone who says the only worthwhile education is to be had from books is only looking at a single colour of the rainbow. A grade from a school, college or university is not an education, it is just a grade. Education begins where your grade ends. I have a strong suspicion that education is meant to give you the power and skills to leave the world a slightly better place than you find it. This is why picking up a piece of litter from the street is indeed someone showing their education.Many years ago I watch a program on PTV about career counseling. In this program an unemployed graduate would be invited to the show and would be told what work options there may be for them. On one occasion a lady was being advised by the ‘expert’ who was taking her through all the options available and very soon it become apparent that this lady either did not want to or did not have the qualifications to do any of the jobs being suggested. Then in a moment of great triumph the expert said, ‘I have got it, I have got it; why don’t you become a teacher!’ I guess it must the easiest and the most undesirable job in the whole of Pakistan. If you cannot be anything worthwhile, you can always become a teacher. How do you educate a nation that attaches little or no value to the profession that is supposed to provide the next generation of skilled nation builders? The mushroom growth of private schools in Pakistan must mean that finally we have a system which values quality teaching and learning. If you believe this then you will have to believe that underpaid, poorly trained and overworked teachers in such schools will be motivated and driven enough to purvey a fine quality education.Educating Pakistan will only begin when we realize what the nature of the problem is. There is no business like education business because strictly speaking, it should be nearly impossible to make money out of a school that is properly delivering quality education. I think you will be hard-pressed to find a private school in Pakistan that is running on a loss. I am not against charging parents for educating their children but I am against the pretence of giving an education where all you are doing is training the children to regurgitate facts in exams. There are two things that I do not doubt at all; First, Pakistanis can produce a quality syllabus and second, we can produce good quality books to support it. This will need the expenditure of a lot more than 1 or 2 percent of our GDP on education as we can all guess. If you want quality, you will need to pay for it, there are no two ways about it. We will have to spend money on retraining our teachers so that they can differentiate between beating children and educating them. We will have to provide buildings and structures where the conditions are right for teaching and learning. We will have to stop all political interference in education and educational institutions. We will have to give our children a very good reason to be in school rather than wasting their time missing school. So what about those who cannot afford to go to school? These are the children that matter the most and if I had money to spend, I will spend it on these children. Educating Pakistan will mean that we do not use our children to provide slave labour to do the dirtiest and the most dangerous jobs in our society but to give the pen and paper and make them believe that the world is indeed their oyster.Educating Pakistan is not going to happen accidentally, we will all have to do our bit. Pakistan must depend on those who know what they are talking about to educate and inform our opinion about the value of the great equalizer; EDUCATION. I want my country to be a nation which does not treat education as an act of charity but as a basic human right of all its citizens.

Study- Confusing Official and Functionary views from Af-Pak – 22 Apr

Study- Confusing Official and Functionary views from Af-Pak – 22 Apr: The analysis of media reveals a strange phenomenon of perception being spread in Afghanistan. The official statements of US/NATO/Afghan Officials ...

The analysis of media reveals a strange phenomenon of perception being spread in Afghanistan. The official statements of US/NATO/Afghan Officials show a totally different picture from the facts and views of people working in Afghanistan including their own soldiers. Is this due to a disconnect in the chain of handling Afghan affairs or an intentional endeavor to blur the fact  . Compilation of some data is as under:-

US and NATO OfficialPolicy stance
The wave of attacks in Afghanistan yesterday was conducted by the Haqqani network, a Taliban faction that operates from safe havens in neighboring Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. “ April 16 – (Read Here) US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan C Crocker also blamed the Haqqani network on Thursday for conducting coordinated attacks in Kabul and other cities. Talking to reporters in Kabul, he demanded Pakistan to crack down on what he called “Haqqani safe havens” in Pakistan.  April 21, 2012 (Read here)
"Pakistan must play a positive role if there is to be peace and stability in Afghanistan or indeed the entire region," said NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen. "We want to forge a strong partnership with Pakistan." However, this requires that Pakistan cracks down on terrorists who use the country as a safe haven, said Rasmussen. 20 April- (Read here)
US Republican Senator John McCain has slammed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for its alleged links with the Haqqani network, and added that it is responsible for American deaths in Afghanistan. McCain said he had sympathy for Pakistan's military since the government is dysfunctional, but stressed that it remained a "source of never-ending frustration" that the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) had a continuous relationship with the Haqqani network, when the army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is responsible for appointing the ISI chief. (Read here) In a May 2009 interview with CNN,President Zardari  remarked all intelligence agencies have their sources in militant organizations but that does not translate to support. "Does that mean CIA has direct links with al-Qaeda? No, they have their sources. We have our sources. Everybody has sources." (Read here)
In blunt comments broadcast by Radio Pakistan on Saturday, Ambassador Cameron Munter said: “Let me tell you that the attack that took place in Kabul a few days ago that was the work of the Haqqani network. “There is evidence linking the Haqqani network to the Pakistan government. This is something that must stop,” Munter said. Asked to provide evidence of the link with the Pakistani government, Munter said only “we believe that to be the case”. September 18, 2011 – (Read here)
The United States has said that it will continue to press Islamabad to 'squeeze' the al-Qaeda linked Haqqani network, as Afghanistan blamed the Pakistan-based group for the latest brazen attacks in Kabul. Declaring "there were indications of Haqqani involvement" in the weekend attacks in the Afghan capital, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she had pressed Pakistan to 'squeeze' the Haqqani network when she visited Islamabad last October. "I will continue to make that point, and press it hard," April 17 – (Read here)

Facts and realities from peopleon ground

The new strategy, winning the “hearts and minds” of the Afghanis has only lead to a failure to understand the Afghan people. “We send teams out to lecture tribal leaders and warlords on how we want to bring them prosperity. When is the last time you brought prosperity to Walmart? You cannot give away something that must be sought and earned, like democracy,” Shaffer argues. “The Afghan people have no tradition of a central democracy, yet we want to ‘give’ it to them.” In his press release Allen praised the Afghanistan Security Forces who are working to provide “a sovereign Afghanistan responsive to its people.” Contrary to that postulate the men and women serving in uniform face a daily barrage of attacks from the Taliban/Haqqani insurgents located in the numerous safe havens located in the outskirts of Afghanistan’s large population centers…with this kind of chaos permeating from the White House and military leaders in the Pentagon, it’s time for the truth…. April 18 (Read Here)

An ABC News/Washington Postpoll showed that public supportfor the war in Afghanistan hadplunged to an all-time low, withonly 30 percent of respondentssaying that they believed theconflict was worth fighting. Itwas the first poll in which amajority of self-identifiedRepublicans agreed with thatproposition.

Moreover, 62 percent ofrespondents said they believedthat most Afghans oppose whatthe U.S. is trying to do there. 08 April (Read here) 

Talks not of CIA but Military links

Sitting in the spartan parlour of the governor of Sangin's office, Lieutenant Colonel Tom Savage waits for his opposite number in the Taliban to turn up for tea. Fittingly, perhaps, for a man whose day job is killing Lt Col Savage's fellow US Marines, the insurgent leader will only ever meet at night, and even then, it is a cloak-and-dagger affair. Shortly after 9pm, there is a crunch of gravel in the fortified compound outside, and in walks a figure swathed in black save for a slit for his eyes. He peels off his veil with theatrical flair, greets the Colonel, and over a dinner of stew and rice, the two discuss the one thing that both badly want, but neither can deliver alone – peace.  "I have talked to three different local Taliban commanders, and this particular one is a pretty respected guy," said Lt Col Savage, who says they may well have killed his own men, and almost certainly some of the British whom the Marines inherited part of southern Afghanistan from last year. 23 July, 2011 (Read here)

According to a summary of the investigation results, compiled       in May and reviewed by The Washington Post, the military found “documented, credible evidence . . . of involvement in a criminal enterprise or support for the enemy” by four of the eight prime contractors. “This goes beyond our comprehension,” said Rep. John F. Tierney (D-Mass.), who last summer was chairman of a House oversight subcommittee that charged that the military was, in effect, supporting a vast protection racket that paid insurgents and corrupt middlemen to ensure safe passage of the truck convoys that move U.S. military supplies across Afghanistan. Intelligence officials traced $3.3 million, withdrawn in 27 transactions from the commander’s account, that was transferred to insurgents in the form of weapons, explosives and cash. “I would hate like hell to think my kid was over there” and the Taliban was “coming after them with something bought with our taxpayers’ money,” Tierney said. July 2011-   (Read here)

“We’re now spending $2 billion dollars a week in Afghanistan. We spent $120 billion there last year. It is not doing much good. Most of the $60 billion the U.S. has spent in Afghanistan on aid and development is wasted. After investing $30 billion on standing up the Afghan national security forces, their performance is still abysmal. By most accounts, the insurgency is rapidly growing. Afghans don’t want us there. Increasing numbers of Americans want the U.S. forces to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible. Most of the soldiers I talk to want to get out.

I think the U.S. officials need to accelerate the withdrawal of the troops, and prepare to assist with the inevitable humanitarian crisis that is bound to overwhelm Afghanistan when we leave. We broke it. We need to help pick up the pieces.” (Douglas A. Wissing, author of the  Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban. ) April 2, (Read here)

• How U.S. money ends up in Taliban hands

U.S. military and government investigators found that money paid to four of the eight contractors hired to transport military supplies across Afghanistan ended up with criminal networks and insurgents. Investigators developed case studies to show how the system works. For details see US military studies.

(Click to enlarge – Source: U.S. military-led Task Force 2010. Graphic: TheWashington Post. Published on July 24, 2011, 11:24 p.m.)

• Lifting the curtain

The military began investigating reports of funding diverted to insurgents just months after signing a trucking contract with Afghan companies. A slide, completely redacted for public release, was part of a briefing prepared by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command in summer 2009.

(Click to enlarge. Source: U.S. Army Investigation Command. Graphic: The Washington Post. Published on July 24, 2011, 11:11 p.m.)

But optimism still persists just listen to Michael Scheuer one of those Americans, of who there are many, who has both the intellect and the moral courage to speak truth to power. Says Pakistan did what you can expect of best of friends.  He resigned from the CIA because he felt that the agency was amenable to considering only such analyses, which were ideologically driven. On leaving the CIA he wrote his first book. He then joined a think tank, and lost this job–again because he was not willing to follow an agenda. Indeed, those of us who only follow the mainline U.S media, have little idea that all apparent U.S blunders–whether they be related to their military planning, foreign policy, or the economy–all had plenty of  people standing up against such policies. But such people were either dumped, or not listened to.   Click Below

listen to Michael Scheuer

Conclusion:

The unipolar world seems to be fast moving towards psychological operations where facts and logics are blurred under dust of perceptions. However, it remains moral and intellectual duty of writers and intellectuals to use all means to make the society and historians aware of the facts for the generation to decide the type of new world order  they want.