Hidden behind intentions of the persons who sent the infamous memo of the Memogate, there is another one too: the Memo of Treachery, and it has considerably been unveiled. Actually it is no great a mystery. It in fact deals with corruption, transferring wealth abroad, placating foreign support, staying in power and acquiring more power. In other words, it is the money complex in action. It involves the puppets living abroad, posing as the linchpin for such Faustian bargains.
It is certainly not about civilian control over the military establishment – which in itself is a good thing – it is about the corrupt, self-serving elite who seek foreign support to keep robbing the people of Pakistan. For them, betraying Pakistanis is not an issue, but a part of their agenda.
The foreign support that they seek could:
1. Weaken Pakistan’s national security by cutting ISI-Army down to size.
2. Invite US military forces in Pakistan for partial occupation, as if drones were not enough.
3. Exposing and ultimately compromising Pakistan’s nuclear projects, depriving Pakistan of its deterrent.
4. Handing over Pakistanis demanded by India, without any scrutiny of their claims.
It is practically advocating steps leading to Pakistani nation’s eventual and complete enslavement to the US geopolitical diktat and Indian over-lordship plus much worse. All that was asked by the authors of the treacherous memo was to be in power in Pakistan.
Now even Admiral Mike Mullen, the recipient of the memo, has recollected, after initial denial, a memory loss, apparently from too much work, and confirmed that the memo was sent by Pakistanis friends of the US. Hussain Haqqani the Pakistan Ambassador has obviously rejected Mansoor Ijaz’s claim about memo. But the irony is that Hussain Haqqani is himself known as ‘America’s Ambassador for Pakistan in Washington’.
In essence, the memo is a clear case of treachery against the state of Pakistan. Hussain Haqqani’s resignation is not enough. He should be tried for treason in a fair trial. If found guilty, he should be dealt with according to the law. Remember, it was Hussain Haqqani who reportedly told the Americans that Pakistanis were like carpet merchants haggling over price.
I want to let him know that we are not carpet merchants but proud, patriotic, peace loving, freedom loving nation, except for a tiny minority of self-serving, thieving, foreign supported elite.
The nefarious characters involved in the plot to weaken ISI, dilute the army, invite American troops into Pakistani homes, compromise nuclear arsenal, accept every Indian demand and the long list of crimes of infamy are traitors of the worst order.
If they are not traitors then what is treachery to Pakistan? This is not about a clash between liberals and fundamentalists. It is about the right of Pakistani nation to live in peace and freedom, with security, prosperity and honour. An unfettered nation, master of its own destiny, without being sold to the first bidder, invaded by America, threatened by India and betrayed by its own corrupt and treacherous elite.
The time has come to squeeze the space on traitors of all hues. If Islamabad-Rawalpindi cannot deal with a ‘rogue ambassador’, what can it do? If those who betray Pakistan are not dealt today, it would be tragic.
BRIG (retd) NADIR MIR
Lahore
