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General Delusion Gul
By Taha Kehar
Political acumen is a valuable asset which requires a sound understanding of current affairs and the rare ability to steer clear of false philosophy. But not everyone realises its benefits.
In an interview with Khushnood Ali Khan in 2008, Lieutenant-General Hamid Gul revealed that political acumen can be clouded by delusions of Taliban grandeur and US atrocity.
Some moot points presented in the interview include:
a) The claim that Lashkar-e-Islam’s Amir Haji Mangal Bagh is ‘popular among the people’. While Gul does substantiate this belief, there is sufficient evidence to the contrary which he fails to account for. For instance, it cannot be assumed that the popularity of a leader corresponds with the fairness of his policies. After all, how can we forget that Mangal Bagh warned women in the Khyber Agency against voting in the 2008 elections?
b) The argument that the Pakistani government cannot play an important role in thwarting the influence of NATO forces in the country. In 2008, Gul suggested rather foolishly that the NATO supply lines can only be closed if the labourers are asked to go on strike. While this tactic serves to explain Gul’s anti-US agenda, it also comes across as largely ineffective if we consider the fact that it took an attack of a particularly grave character in 2011 which prompted Pakistan to close the NATO supply lines to Afghanistan.
c) The assumption that Baitullah Mehsud is among the truemujahideen who are waging a jihad that does not constitute religious or moral elements. Although the statement provides a shrewd commentary on a nation fighting a war against its own people, it mainly comes across as contradictory and unrealistic.
Call it bold, assertive or downright rebellious, General Hamid Gul has proved that political acumen is not a by-product of rational thought or judicious observation. To the contrary, it is riddled by emotions and delusions that produce naïve depictions of the status quo.
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In pak army promotions are given on the basis of hate towards India in particular and non-muslims in general. So there is a hate-India competition from top to bottom and bottom to top. The USA did not bother about this all these days and kept giving money and weapons to the pak army. Now it is getting it all back in terms of bloodbaths, hate outpourings, irrational and crazy behaviour and treacheries of top officers of the pak army etc. A pak soldier will fight only if he is told that the enemy is financed or trained by India. So the hate-India campaign has to be stepped up in Pakistan.
Typical propoganda against Patriots like Gen Hamid Gul. Some people try to attatch false labels like ”extremist” and ”terrorist”, but Zionist propoganda dusnt work anymore.
Gen Hamid Gul always has amazing insights into current international affairs and Pakistan!
you have got to be kidding me mustafa
amazing insights? wow, mustafa you’re as deluded as gul
to mustafa
What you call amazing insights are nothing but delusions of islamic grandeur and muslim superiority by quislings of islam. Islam has “succeeded” with the help of such devils and such a “success” later proves to be more of a defeat and even a disaster.
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@zeenat, observ: Stop chanting slogans and lines and counter my argument with proof and logic!
@Mustafa
40,000 dead and 7500 blasts arent enough proof. This transport mujahid has destroyed Pakistan. How shameless is an army which recruits civilians to wage wars. Come out of the Zia era
@faraz: there is a massive difference between the Mujahideen of the 1980′s and the Taliban of 1996. Also there is a bigger difference between TTP and Afghan Taliban. Any person who studies history would understand these basic differences.
TTP killed all those civilians and army officers and those evil terorrists will pay for the mess they caused. The Pakistan Army has been successful in breaking them up into 100 peices.
The Afghan Taliban, are part of the broader National Afghan Resistance Movements against foreign occupation. Its up to the Afghan people to decide what they want.
to mustafa
Afghans must get rid of the islamic fascism-imperialism that is occupying their heads and hearts and making them into quislings and underdogs of arabs and turks.
What you call “National Afghan Resistance Movements against foreign occupation” – they must get rid of their mental slavery under islam exported from Arabia.
qadiani bathroom type propoganda article
No reference made to qadiani. What’s said is factual.
W0W…!!! The censorship here is astonishing……!!!!!!! FUCK YOU..!!
tens of thousands of innocent pakistanis have been murdered by the same taliban that the likes of Hamid Gul admire (albeit from a same distance) and hold up as true muslims and leaders of Pakistan. Only yesterday, a new video was released by the taliban showing them killing Pakistani soldiers who had had the misfortune of falling into the hands of these animals. In the past, nations have hanged the likes of Hamid Gul as fifth columnists who are spreading confusion at a time the nation is under attack. It is a measure of the beyghairati of this nation that these realities go unnoticed in the media and even on the internet. No wonder Pakistan has steadily been reduced to becoming a basket case among the nations of the world. When will we wake up and have the courage to face reality!!!
zeenat pls refrain from posting qadiani toilet like crown propoganda comments.
W0W…!! Good job, all the intelligent comments that don’t support the wacky broad are gone….. You really know how to win the argument, gag the articulate comments that don’t concur with your brief ….. Is this a 100% CIA and 0% Pakistani operation..???
observer says:
“What you call “National Afghan Resistance Movements against foreign occupation” – they must get rid of their mental slavery under islam exported from Arabia”
What religion would OB suggest for those that follow his advise to “get rid of their mental slavery under islam” or would observ prefer they become non-belivers… Jus wonderin….. & waitin……
To Thomas
God does not need our attention, prayers, services, love, obedience etc. He has given us reason and intelligence. Not equally to all, but enough for all together. Honesty and peacefulness are what we need. Whether you call it religion or not – that is left to you. You don’t have to believe in any god or prayers or prophets or revelation. Mankind has suffered enough and researched a lot to be able to live happily on the earth. Just tell people that every human being is happy to see others (and even non-human creatures) healthy, comfortable, safe, happy, relaxed. That is the true “religion”. Don’t give in to any manipulations about god being necessary, prophets being necessary, holy books being necesarry etc. Such falsified “necessities” only lead to fascism and a society like the one described by George Orwell in his novels (like “Animal Farm” and “Nineteeneightyfour”). Islam is especially dangerous because it promises heavenly life-after-death for those who kill or lie for islam and its totalitarian imperialism. I hope you take my answer seriously, and not in order to ridicule me (like I have to face on the PTH very regularly). If you ridicule me then not I will suffer, but you will be misled to become a victim or an instrument of some fascist religion or ideology.
observ wrote:
Well said.
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In Islam the relationship between man and God is one of submission. It flies in the face of the fact that he has given us intelligence, a conscience, and free will. In Islam, ostensibly God demands subservience and humans give it. Would God first create something as great as a human being with a free will and then destroy that free will for his petty ego?
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A similar concept one sees in the relationship between wife and husband in Islam. It is one of submission! Man decides, Woman obeys.
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Close relationships in Islam are based on submission, whereas in enlightened societies one tries to build relationships based on equality and respect. Often they are much more difficult to maintain, but at least one has enjoyed both freedom and some honest feelings.
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Even in politics, in Islam the Muslims are always looking out for a powerful savior, to whom they can submit! Why else the fascination for the Army and Dictators in Pakistan, and in many other Muslim countries.
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In Dharmic traditions, our relations are based more on devotion, a strong emotional attachment, and willing to go along with the other, sometimes at own cost, but only as long as the wishes of other are legitimate and dharmic.
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In Islam we see so many honor killings, where the wife has sided with her husband in killing their own grown-up children! A dharmic wife would never allow it! That would be the boundary of devotion. But in submission one does not see that line, neither the wife sees that in her husband, nor man sees in his God concept!
to raj
Muslims are an indoctrinated, collectivized, intimidated people. Free or independent thinking has been eradicated out of them since 1400 years with the help of violence, threats of violence, briberies and false promises. Islam means submission, it means peace through mental slavery. Their god-concept is tribalist and fascistic. A few sentences in the kuran can be used for creating a different and false impression. But the main trend and tendency (in kuran and islam) is towards mental slavery and anger, hate and slander against all those who do not wish to be mental slaves under islam.
It is so difficult to discuss with muslims due to their tendency to be abusive/violent against non-muslims.
Raj
Every human soul/essence is divine or sparked with divinity. It make no sense and violate every intelligent observation that Godhood will demand submission from Its/Him/Her own essence . Indic spritual paths refrain from such abusurdity and conditionally allow it as long as its understood that such mistaken notion is caused by the Duality.
The first thing Indic will ask is which Godhood has the “desires” like human and whose submission is IT asking? By making such demand of submission is the negation of Divine Supreme as it means Supreme has identified separate power centre beside Him/IT. It falls within the relam of Naam and Roop i.e identification with Multiplications i.e Maya thus not eligible to be called Transcendental supreme.
Islamists might call it shirk as they indulge in very same practice but Indic will just laugh at this notion and reject it as an act in ignorance thus lacking real spiritual knowledge and realization. Godhood is not a reactive force influencd by human deeds and inflicted with human deficencies.
Same goes for animal sacrifice which is for the beginers/spiritual infants /todlers and the lowest form of expression in beseeching for high power to grant personal benefits which depends on the mental growth and temprament ranging from enjoying physical pleasures in Paradise to asking for real understanding of spiritual path. Infinite Non Dual Godhood is better than any One Godhood which cant transcend duality. Little knowledge is always dangerous thus always produce fanatics who are always sure while good people with developed mind and intelligence are full of doubts , want to observe ,think,experiment, verify and want first hand experience.