American Lecture In Pakistan Parliament

Something stunning happened today in the fake US-imposed Pakistani democracy.

The Foreign Minister flies to Washington. US tells him the world is red, and he flies back, enters his country's parliament, and gives an hour-long boring lecture where he tries to tell them that the world is indeed red and proudly quotes American statements supporting this. And then his government shuts down the proceedings and stops the reperesentatives of the Pakistani nation from voting on whether they believe the Foreign Minister's assertion that the world is red.

This is ironic because this is, in essence, a US-imposed democracy, a democracy with American liking.   If you want a democracy that is not American, then look at Turkey, Iran, and Hamas.  Those elections weren't American-imposed.

In Pakistan we have a government tailored in Washington DC, where US officials struck a 'deal' with former ally Musharraf to ease the current Pakistani rulers into power so that they could continue Musharraf's misguided pro-US policies.

Is this what our American friends call democracy?

Consider the following:

A majority in the parliament, media and the public opinion is disturbed at the offensive language in some clauses of a US aid bill, the Kerry-Lugar bill, which ordinary Pakistanis call the ' Kill Bill' in their cell phone text messages.

The Parliament runs a heated three-day debate over the issue.

Today, Friday, a resolution was supposed to be passed concluding the debate and giving the parliament's take on the American aid bill. The US-imposed 'democractic' government stopped this because it didn't suit the Americans.

The foreign minister should be ashamed of himself.  If he really believed the Kerry-Lugar bill is the best thing to happen to Pakistan after Independence, then he should have stuck to what he said in the press conference with Hillary Clinton. He should have declined when President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani asked him to go back to Washington with reservations on the bill.  But since he did go back, he should have done justice to those reservations and not accept an 'explanatory' lollypop given to him by Kerry and Berman.

Does Foreign Minister Qureshi have a mind of his own or is he used to people slapping him around and walking all over him?  What was the need for an hourlong emotional speech in Parliament in defense of senators Kerry and Berman?

This Pakistani ruling class has put down the heads of all Pakistanis in shame.  Without drastic steps, this leadership will give Pakistanis a lot of pain in the days to come.