Debate Contest
American Foreign Policies are Good Only for America
In Favour                                   the USA who has just no hesitation          last two-three decades has never
                                            whatsoever in openly joining hands          received Americas solid backing
                    Sanjeev Sirohi         with Pakistan who all know is               and on the contrary it has always
     It goes without saying that            the mother of Taliban regime in             been a leader in supplying the
America has always and always only          Afghanistan but about which the US          deadliest weapons to Pakistan which
bothered about its own interests and        is least bothered as they feel that         we all know has become the most
nothing else. America has chalked           Pakistan itself is no threat to them ? It   safe breeding ground for terrorists
                  out its foreign           is here that American foreign policy        just because they need Pakistans
                  policies too in such      makers have just failed to read the         cooperation for eliminating Taliban
                  a manner that its         clear writing on the wall that if you       terrorists in Afghanistan and Al-
                  own interests only        are partial in following different          Qaeda leaders. America is just not
                  are only secure and       yardsticks on the issue of terrorism,       bothered about terrorists training
                  is least bothered         you are openly inviting trouble for         camps operating openly in Pakistan
                  about        anything     yourself because terrorism recognises       occupied Kashmir and many other
                  else. It is here that I   no borders as has been proved               parts of Pakistan because they feel
  Sanjeev Sirohi  very strongly feel        recently. But still they are not pre-       that only India is affected by all this
that America has made the biggest           pared to accept this harsh reality.         and they are totally immune to it. So
blunder which it is just not prepared            What a pity that American              why should they bother or be
to accept. American foreign policies        foreign policies are proving to be not      disturbed ? America forgets that it is
are proving to be worst for America         only not good but worst for America         this selfish thinking which is mainly
and what a pity that even the 9/11          and what is even more shameful is           responsible for Taliban coming to
attack on America in 2001 has failed        that still they are unable to face this     power in Afghanistan and Osama-
                                            harsh reality boldly and make suit-         bin-Laden creating new terror net-
to make them realize that overlooking
                                            able amendments so that the damage
terrorism in other countries just                                                       work there which was solely res-
                                            can at least be controlled to some
because they are not affected will          extent from spreading further. I am         ponsible for the 9/11 terrorist attack
undoubtedly affect their long term          afraid but cant just restrain myself       on USA which then compelled them
interests also most adversely. While        from speaking the truth that if             to wake up partially at least for
America always tries to convince            America still fails to make the much        safeguarding their own vital interests.
India of entering into a meaningful         required drastic changes in its foreign     It is due to this that I very strongly
dialogue with Pakistan whom we all          policy even now then it cannot blame        feel that American dubious foreign
know has been openly aiding, abet-          anyone for its own downfall except          policies are proving to be worst for
ting, sponsoring and giving every           themselves. It is high time that            Americans themselves but still they
                                            American foreign policy makers woke         are just not mentally prepared to
possible help to terrorists directed
                                            up before it is too late and realize that
against India for more than two                                                         wake up their ideas and are interes-
                                            it has to deal very sternly with
decades and as General Musharraf            countries like Pakistan which is res-       ted only in taking retaliatory action
himself admits in his latest book In       ponsible for the creation of Taliban        against Taliban and Al-Qaeda and not
The Line of Fire that Kargil war had       and many other terrorists organisa-         against anyone else. This alone
full blessings of the Pakistani army        tions operating freely from their soil      explains why so many terrorist
and even former Prime Minister              if they genuinely desire that terrorism     leaders like Syed Salaluddin, Chief of
Nawaz Sharif was fully aware of it          has to be totally eliminated at any         Hizbul Mujahideen, Maulana Masood
but as we all know America is least         cost as the US President George W.          Azhar, Chief of Jaish-e-Mohammad
bothered about all this as it feels :       Bush repeatedly affirms also.               and many othersthe list is just
why should they bother when they                 Just taking a few cosmetic steps       endlessare openly enjoying every
                                            and very conveniently ignoring the          type of patron-age in Pakistan about
are not affected in any manner ? On
                                            real cause of terrorism will only
the contrary, when Americas own                                                        which America knows everything but
                                            further compound US problems
interests are adversely affected as         because different Islamic terrorists        still closes its eye or looks in another
happened after 9/11 terrorists attack       groups are unanimous in striking            direction as they feel why should
on US in 2001 then it lost no time in       adversely wherever possible US vital        they bother when they are not
openly attacking two independent            interests which America must realize        affected at all by this and has just no
and sovereign countries Iraq and            soon before it is too late.                 hesitation whatsoever of any kind in
Afghanistan on the charge of shelter-            There is just no doubt that            describing Pakistan as the most
ing terrorists and having lethal            American foreign policies are aimed         leading partner in fight against
weapons killing thousands of inno-          only at protecting and furthering           terrorism without the support of
cent civilians about which they are         Americas own interests and they are        whom no war against terrorism can
just least bothered. What better            least bothered about everything else.       ever be won. General Musharraf once
example can we look for double              This alone explains why India which         rightly said that, America always
standards openly being followed by          has been a victim of terrorism for the      supported Osama-bin-Laden when
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