The Short Order (a shameful decision)

While reading the short order on the NS petition on memo scandal , I noticed the following paragraphs of the so-called memorandum highlighted.  The emphasis means that these parts of the memorandum were objectionable in the eyes of SC. Let us see what these point really mean for the people of Pakistan and military of Pakistan. I have underlined the important aspects of the actions that were supposed to be implemented if United States had provided the necessary support. Going through these actions one realizes that if civilian government of Pakistan can implement all these actions, Pakistan will be a better country for not only it’s own people but for the whole world.

1. President of Pakistan will order an independent
inquiry into the allegations that Pakistan harbored and
offered assistance to UBL and other senior Qaeda
operatives. The White House can suggest names of
independent investigators to populate the panel, along
the lines of the bipartisan 9-11 Commission, for example.
2. The inquiry will be accountable and independent,
and result in findings of tangible value to the US
government and the American people that identify with
exacting detail those elements responsible for harboring
and aiding UBL inside and close to the inner ring of
influence in Pakistan’s Government (civilian, intelligence
directorates and military). It is certain that the UBL
Commission will result in immediate termination of active
service officers in the appropriate government offices and
agencies found responsible for complicity in assisting
UBL.
3. The new national security team will implement a
policy of either handing over those left in the leadership
of Al Qaeda or other affiliated terrorist groups who are
still on Pakistani soil, including Ayman Al Zawahiri,
Mullah Omar and Sirajuddin Haqqani, or giving US
military forces a “green light” to conduct the necessary
operations to capture or kill them on Pakistani soil. This
“carte blanche” guarantee is not without political risks,
but should demonstrate the new group’s commitment to
rooting out bad elements on our soil. This commitment
has the backing of the top echelon on the civilian side of
our house, and we will insure necessary collateral
support.
4. One of the great fears of the military-intelligence
establishment is that with your stealth capabilities to
enter and exit Pakistani airspace at will, Pakistan’s
nuclear assets are now legitimate targets. The new
national security team is prepared, with full backing of
the Pakistani government – initially civilian but
eventually all three power centers – to develop an
acceptable framework of discipline for the nuclear
program. This effort was begun under the previous
military regime, with acceptable results. We are prepared
to reactivate those ideas and build on them in a way that
brings Pakistan’s nuclear assets under a more verifiable,
transparent regime.
5. The new national security team will eliminate
Section S of the ISI charged with maintaining relations to
the Taliban, Haqqani network, etc. This will dramatically
improve relations with Afghanistan.
6. We are prepared to cooperate fully under the
new national security team’s guidance with the Indian
government on bringing all perpetrators of Pakistani
origin to account for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, whether
outside government or inside any part of the government,
including its intelligence agencies. This includes handing
over those against whom sufficient evidence exists of
guilt to the Indian security services.

 

 

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