Was Pakistan in danger of decline within months?

Almost six months ago anti-Pakistan propaganda machine was in full swing, predicting that Pakistan was in danger of collapse within months. However, it was obvious that this propaganda was baseless.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard L. Berman said in April 2009, “it is very alarming that we are now hearing predictions from a number of leading experts that Pakistan could collapse in as little as six months”.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that current situation in Pakistan, “poses a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and the world”. She further added that “I think that we can not underscore [enough] the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan … I think the Pakistani government is basically abdicating to the Taleban and the extremists”.

There was an attempt by the West to scare the people of Pakistan. Nevertheless, the people of Pakistan are used to this type of anti-Pakistan propaganda for decades. Actually, the anti-Pakistan lobby has become a laughing stock.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was leading the charge against Pakistan. Her complete failure to assess the situation in Pakistan has permanently damaged her reputation. No one is going to believe her assessments about Pakistan in future.

Pakistan is much stronger than six months ago. The state of Pakistan with the help of its well disciplined army is doing very well in the current geopolitical situation. If Pakistan is left alone by the thugs in the West then it will do very well with the help of its professional army.

Pakistan is a reality; it will exist in all circumstances because of the determination of Pakistan's people and its brave army.

G20 Pittsburgh's summit

Leaders at G20 Pittsburgh's summit have made pledges like before. However, these pledges are not going to make any difference because no one is going to fulfill these pledges.

Detention of Shah Rukh Khan in USA

Americans seems to specialize the art of offending people. Shah Rukh Khan a leading Bollywood film star was detained by the immigration officials for two hours at Newark airport. This is not the only time Americans tried to humiliate Indian dignitaries.

Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam was searched and forced to take off his shoes while boarding Continental Airlines. Before these incidents former defense minister of India George Fernandes was twice strip-searched by the Americans at Dulles airport. Indian actress Shilpa Shetty was also humiliated by racists while participating in a TV program in UK.

The West does not differentiate among religions while humiliating people from non-Western backgrounds. It discriminates on the bases of race. This why it has killed millions of people around the world on the bases of race.

Replace US dollar by “super-sovereign” reserve currency

American economic hegemony is coming under attack from all directions. It seems that it will be impossible for Americans to sustain it further. China’s Central Bank in its report has repeated its demand for US dollar to be replaced by a “super-sovereign” reserve currency.

“An international monetary system dominated by a single sovereign currency has intensified the concentration of risk and the spread of the crisis,” according to the People's Bank of China (PBOC).

“To avoid intrinsic shortcomings in using a sovereign currency as a reserve currency, we need to create an international reserve currency that is divorced from sovereign states and can maintain a stable value over the long term,” the PBOC report further added.

Previously, China’s Central bank Chief Zhou Xiaochuan has called for a new reserve currency on many occasions.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev also demanded to dump US dollar as reserve currency. He also blamed USA for causing current financial crisis.

It is likely that China and other countries will increase pressure on USA to replace US dollar as the reserve currency. This will become a final nail in USA’s economic coffin.

Pakistan ranked ten in the failed state index 2009

Anti-Pakistani forces are loosing their esteem and their propaganda machine is becoming a laughing-stock. Now, one of their cronies Foreign Policy magazine has issued failed state index in which Pakistan has been ranked as one of the top ten failed states. Ironically, Foreign Policy magazine was founded by Samuel Huntington who advanced the theory of Clash of Civilizations.

Foreign Policy magazine has issued similar index in 2006 in which Pakistan was ranked nine. It is obvious that the followers of Huntington got it wrong in 2006. Pakistan is still marching forward as a strong country in 2009 while the countries such as USA, which fund the activities of Foreign Policy magazine, are in dire economic situation. If a country is failing then it should be in deep recession like USA and Europe. However, Pakistani economy is still growing at a reasonable pace.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard L. Berman said in April 2009, “it is very alarming that we are now hearing predictions from a number of leading experts that Pakistan could collapse in as little as six months”. So far two months have gone but there is no sign that Pakistan is going to collapse in next four months.

The rusted propaganda machine of the West, which is trying to propagate doom and gloom against Pakistan and other Asian countries, will be proved wrong in 2010 when it will issue another index.

USA in the terminal decline

The only business doing very well in USA is printing industry because it is too busy printing dollars to finance exuberant budget deficit. There is no end in sight. However, one thing is very clear that USA and the West will no longer dominate the world economy.

The budget deficit ($13 trillion) is almost 90 per cent of national income. The Dallas Federal Reserve estimated that unfunded liabilities for retirement and health-care are more than $99 trillion or 700 per cent of national income of USA.

It is clear that USA under the leadership of Obama is opting for a shallow response to a severe economic dilemma. The end result is terminal decline of USA.

Is Pakistan in danger of collapse within months?

Anti-Pakistan forces are gearing up to spread a new spate of propaganda against Pakistan. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leading the charge. It would be interesting to watch next six months to check the credibility of US officials. These officials belong to the same country – USA, which used the existence of weapons of mass destruction to invade Iraq.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard L. Berman said, “it is very alarming that we are now hearing predictions from a number of leading experts that Pakistan could collapse in as little as six months”.

Hillary Clinton said that current situation in Pakistan, “poses a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and the world”. She further added that “I think that we can not underscore [enough] the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan … I think the Pakistani government is basically abdicating to the Taleban and the extremists”. She described the rebels in Pakistan as a “loosely-confederated group of terrorists and others seeking to overthrow the Pakistani state”.

In response to mounting pressure on Pakistan its army chief Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani condemned “pronouncements by outside powers raising doubts on the future of the country.” He also said, “Pakistan army never has and never will hesitate to sacrifice whatever it may take to ensure safety and well being of people of Pakistan and country's territorial integrity”.

USA and its allies have lost the war in Afghanistan, now they are trying to pressurize Pakistan. However, their efforts to reinstate their hegemony in this region will fail miserably. Wait for next six months.