"War on Terrorism"

                            The so-called War on Terror has never been our war. Our people suffered when Musharraf decided to side with the Americans. Our people paid the price when American CIA started drone attacks. Pakistanis already loathed Bush because of this. And then came Obama.

Change has come, says Obama

But the change we Pakistanis wanted to see was nowhere. Our hopes were shattered when we ran our eyes over this

Obama: Yup, we're at war in Pakistan

Today, this so-called war has given us a new enemy : the Pakistani Taliban. Without any doubt, this Pakistani faction of Taliban has caused havoc in our country, has brought destruction to our economy and served as a deathblow to our tourism industry. But if you were to browse the pages of history books, you wouldn't find this name before the "war" started.

According to Council on Foreign Relations,

Supporters of the Afghan Taliban in the tribal areas transitioned into a mainstream Taliban force of their own as a reaction to the Pakistani army's incursion into the tribal areas, which began in 2002, to hunt down the militants. In December 2007, about thirteen disparate militant groups coalesced under the umbrella of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban

And who started the army incursion? Any guesses?
To conclude, our foreign policy regarding U.S. has never helped us in achieving a stable country with solid economy.
We're fighting a war not of our making.

"We are fighting a war that was imposed on us. It is not our war, it is your war," television journalist Asma Shirazi told Clinton on the last day of Clinton's three-day visit to Pakistan. 

"You had a 9-11. We are having daily 9-11s in Pakistan."

Even then one may argue about the significance of U.S. aid (which is not a relatively new concept for Pakistanis which can be gathered from this : As an early ally in the cold war, Pakistan received nearly $2 billion from 1953 to 1961, a quarter of which was military assistance) If Pakistan was created to recieve aid from other countries, then I can say we have succeeded. If Pakistan was created to realize our dream of an independent and sovereign Muslim state, then we have a long way to go....

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