How is it possible that the intelligence agencies who are adept at making citizens disappear so that they are not to be recovered despite court orders are unaware of the presence of the likes of Raymond Davis and his shadowy outfit? Because of the brazen violation of our sovereignty, people hate the US in Pakistan as much as it is hated in Egypt where a revolution is unplugging to boot out the octogenarian tyrant.
PEWs gallop polls indicate that only 14 percent of Egyptians favour America, the remaining despise the decadent superpower. The category that favours the US is the upper class that is self serving, opportunistic, and corrupt.
How could Raymond Davis, or Rambo, be a diplomat when his real name is not known? Yet the US embassy insists he has diplomatic immunity. The public must boycott all products made in the US. But here too is a problem because only the US manufactures military hardware that causes death and destruction.
The Punjab government has now deployed rangers and police in layers to preclude any Rambo style mission to rescue Raymond. CM Punjab may rest in peace that such a mission is not possible in Lahore where the traffic, thanks to him, is in such a fine mess.
Why couldnt Raymond get away? The undercover professional killer just got caught in the traffic web. He was trained how to shoot two men in two seconds but not trained how to negotiate Lahores traffic, hence the diplomatic imbroglio.
DR A P SANGDIL
Oslo, Norway
