It looked impressive when the French
army chief Gen Bertrand Ract-Madoux laid a floral wreath at the
Yadgar-e-Shuhada outside the GHQ on March 13, a gesture of recognition
of the matchless contribution of Pakistan armed forces' personnel and
officers, by a coalition partner, which the Americans and other NATO
member countries should also follow suit. Gen Kayani speaking on the
occasion rightly said that the sacrifices made by the Pakistan army were
more than that of the NATO forces in Afghanistan..."Therefore it
required appreciation and not baseless accusations." This leads us to
draw a little comparison between the Pakistan armed forces and the
contemporary armies of the world. The most unforgettable and, according
to Karzai, "unforgivable" act of brutality in Kandahar by the American
troops was killing a numberof unarmed Afghan civilians. A number of
similar incidents by the Americans remind us of the pressure and
frustration they suffer internally as they do not willingly accept their
postings into the war zones of Afghanistan or elsewhere in the combat
areas. Recently, a Major
of the US Army, in his headquarters in USA, opened fire on his colleagues and killed four of them, just because he was opposed to his posting in Afghanistan. One wonders whether the Pakistan Army troops face a similar kind of pressure or frustration while going into war. Why
even a single incident of such kind has never occurred in the entire history of the Pakistan military? There might have been at the beginninga difference in opinion on whether or not the war on terror was the war of Pakistan, but later when it started engulfing Pakistan and hitting
its security forces, the consensus and focus led to not only motivation but sweeping actions by the forces in which our troops' individual resolve for valour and sacrifice was seen at its peak. Not to mention that there have been over 3,700 martyrdoms in this ongoing war. But the
great aspect, which is not highlighted, is the height of patience, resoluteness and resilience demonstrated by our men and officers during the course of this asymmetrical warfare. The inhuman attitude of US-NATO troops, like pissing on dead bodies and burning of the copies of Quran in Afghanistan shows the level of ethics and morality the troops of the most civilized nation adhere to.
of the US Army, in his headquarters in USA, opened fire on his colleagues and killed four of them, just because he was opposed to his posting in Afghanistan. One wonders whether the Pakistan Army troops face a similar kind of pressure or frustration while going into war. Why
even a single incident of such kind has never occurred in the entire history of the Pakistan military? There might have been at the beginninga difference in opinion on whether or not the war on terror was the war of Pakistan, but later when it started engulfing Pakistan and hitting
its security forces, the consensus and focus led to not only motivation but sweeping actions by the forces in which our troops' individual resolve for valour and sacrifice was seen at its peak. Not to mention that there have been over 3,700 martyrdoms in this ongoing war. But the
great aspect, which is not highlighted, is the height of patience, resoluteness and resilience demonstrated by our men and officers during the course of this asymmetrical warfare. The inhuman attitude of US-NATO troops, like pissing on dead bodies and burning of the copies of Quran in Afghanistan shows the level of ethics and morality the troops of the most civilized nation adhere to.
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