Thank you very much for your acknowledging your past slip-up. I’m really appreciating your sprite for the people of Pakistan. As you said that; we are responsible for this ongoing muddle in Pakistan. I hope your familiar about current situation in NWFP. Pakistani government is struggling to smooth down this anarchy with utilizing best available resources. But disorder is not so easy that only Pakistani government can overcome quickly. Both Pakistani and USA government are equally responsible to handle this problem that can affect positively for this community. 3 millions helpless IDPs are immediately need attention of both US and Pakistani government. If we sort-out students from IDPs. For example half million is the total students population then your government would be responsible for 2, 50000 students education and similarly 2, 50000 Pakistani govt. Both should immediately open IT training schools, nursing, and vocational schools for IDPs for three years; where they can get free life skill training and education. I think to do this, would give gigantic positive results for tribal areas of Pakistan and help improve image of both governments

The question that tickles me is why Pakistan can’t have Nukes for self-defense when countries like India, Israel, US, China, France, Russia, Britain etc. possess Nukes too.

I’m against Nukes altogether. But when other countries can have Nukes merely for self-defense then why not Pakistan for the same ostensible reason.

About the food US is providing to Pakistani IDPs, I think saying a ‘thank you’ in response isn’t compulsory. I don’t want to dive in the sea of ethics and morals — which aren’t a part of Washington – so expect the same from a lot of people here. Nonetheless, I pay my regards. Pardon me for any words you didn’t like here.

Believe it or not, Pakistanis en masse work hard to see a good future of the country – not to see the drone attacks that kills 100’s of innocents. Btw, how many direct/indirect wars US has fought to date?

Today why Pakistan needs aid is due to Pakistan following an American agenda since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The made you do the dirty job, made some Pakistanis filthy rich and then left it to the Pakistanis to clean up the muck. Pakistanis on their part because of their paranoia about India wanted the Americans close to them and the American money to buy arms to counter India. Between America, Pakistan and China, everything written in the book relating to Nuclear and Missile Proliferation was ignored and violated.

Dear people of Pakistan if you use American money to buy food and run your country and you use Pakistani money to buy arms to match up India militarily you perhaps know the direction you are heading in. India has an enormous capacity to increase its military spending without getting in to debit trap. Indian economists are very smart and clever to that. India has to match upto China militarily; we have lot of unfinished agenda with China. It is this perilous arms race that Pakistan wants to join in and run itself out. As long as these agendas are pursued Pakistan has no where to go but to be at the mercy of aid giving nations who at one time may start to dictate to Pakistan their internal policies. Aid is a double edged sword given for a particular purpose and this sword can be used to extract a “Pound Of Flesh”. A pound of flesh where the sovereignty of Pakistan as a nation becomes a questionable issue.

American tax payer has no love lost for Pakistan, it is the US government that has an agenda. I would say that you thank the Americans, keep them at a distance; clean up the mess in your country, shore up you economy and move on. Take India as an example and not as an adversary.

On any given day you can read plenty of nasty quips on Dawn about how American is the root of all your problems .. but that’s just nonsense and fortunately it sounds like some Pakistani’s are figuring that out.

The largest barrier to Pakistan/USA relations was your decision to develop NUKES – pretty much the same problem that the USA had with India. In hind site I suspect many people would argue that India and Pakistan would have been better off w/o nukes as their enormous expense has not increased security.

Believe it or not – American taxpayers have to work hard to pay taxes and most American’s are just ordinary people with little excess cash to spend on people who don’t appreciate their effort.

Sometimes a simple “thank you” goes a long way.

My respected friends, the issue we are dealing is like a cancer and we are consistently trying to cure it with chemotherapy, which won’t eliminate the disease. We need to be like Armstrong, don’t give in and certainly don’t give up. Every nation goes through with this menace of civil wars, political drama and economy being not stable, due to the system we follow is non workable. The problem lies in every root of the nation, may it be law and order, judiciary, constitution, public sectors or private sectors. I mean everything is a mess. We need to build ourselves before we can build the nation. We need to educate ourselves and than educate the people around us. By education I mean is education of the world and as well as our beautiful deen (religion). “Knowledge is power” and with this power any nation can rule the world. Regardless of land size and population. See Deen’s education will provide us with everyday life style in a perfect manner and wordly education will strive us to enhance technology. By respected brothers don’t jeopardize education for any reason what so ever.

Forget politics, lets work hard to solve the food shortages.

We can do it and we will do it.