Show S Shame a eon on Pakistan a IS a n. n T By Brian J. J Shaw Editor In Chief f 0 I i According to published news T reports o on CNN the cable news network over 2 million refugees I r 7 1 f. f from Afghanistan have been i f v T n turned away at the Pakistani born border border bor bor- der and sent back in into o Afghanistan and the hands of the Can one take a guess at athow athow how happy the Afghans were to be besent besent sent back to their former homeland homeland homeland home- home land r.- r. Riots and skirmishes i between the and the disi displaced dis dis- i placed Afghan refugees have occurred hourly in the Southern k portion of Afghanistan as the I angry and exhausted refugees throw Molotov cocktails and shoot weapons weapons at the ruling v party to show their displeasure at recent events most notably their t being sent back to a country they dont don't want to be in while the war 5 against terrorism continues Is it easy to predict what will happen to these people who in a span of four short years have l x lost Jost everything to a conclave of religious students who for the 2 most part arent aren't even citizens of 5 Aft Afghanistan ha ms ta n. n g If somebody came into my home and demanded that I follow their way of life because they said so you can guarantee I would go down in a hail of bullets if I had to So the anger the refugees feel towards Pakistan and the for that matter i is understandable in my opinion What gives Pakistan the right to turn these poor huddled masses away in the first place first place After all America whom Pakistan Pakistanis is allegedly trying to model their government after has a history of taking refugees in and has become rather famous in most parts of the world and infamous in Cuba and other hot spots of terrorism for allowing anybody entry into this nation of ours The refugees of Afghanistan are simply trying to gain back what are rightly theirs a away way of life and perhaps a new beginning to a better life and I say the Pakistanis should be ashamed at their treatment treatment- of the refugees If they are striving to become a democracy they are definitely definitely definitely def def- taking a step backward with this recent action I am appalled to have our country allied with a nation who would commit this atrocity and it reeks of genocide in a matter of speaking So in the final analysis are we better than Afghanistan if we ally ourselves with a country that pushes away its neighbor in a time of crisis during a period in which the entire world is fixated on Afghanistan because it threatens threatens threatens threat threat- ens our way of life War is not pretty folks and the military is no laughing matter What happens next is the bottom line there is no gray area on a battlefield We are aligning ourselves with those who could ultimately make decisions in the coming years as to the well being of all of us Pakistan has nuclear capability and I am certain our government was aware of this when they allied with Pakistan War isn't right or wrong it is just war war i When the movement including Osama Bin Laden fought against Russia inthe in inthe inthe the in Afghanistan the Russian casualties numbered The consisted of cit citizens zens of the left and right wing who are now members of the and of course the Northern Alliance who have allied with us as we attempt to overthrow overthrow overthrow over over- throw the ruling party The Northern Alliance in the course of many years of war have committed commit commit- ted war crimes and atrocities rivaling rivaling rivaling rival rival- ing those of the and again although war is never wrong or right the government must be looking at a larger picture when thinking about these horrible acts committed by these countries and their political parties So the decision of our government was wrong in some aspects including their support of Pakistan considering the Pakistanis Pakistani's treatment of the However it c censure refugees was right to tor- tor ensure the safety of our citizens b by allying with the Pakistani government government government govern govern- ment who have nuclear weapons at their then disposal If the were able to obtain bt in these weapons of mass destruction there is no telling what may occur on a global scale And that folks is the reality of what we are doing We are ensuring the safety of not only ourselves but the global community community community as a whole And I will sleep J- J better at night knowing somebody somebody somebody some some- body is protecting me A d |