{"id":2522,"date":"2011-05-16T14:46:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2011-05-16T14:46:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:46:23","slug":"pak-us-sleeping-with-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2011\/05\/16\/pak-us-sleeping-with-the-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"PAK US &#8211; sleeping with the Enemy ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My column in today&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/analysis_curious-incident-of-abbottabad-in-the-night-time-lays-pakistan-bare_1543692\">DNA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pakistan fighting terror was a bit like a bunch of ladies of tradable virtue endorsing the need for chastity.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It has been a fortnight since a team of American Navy SEALS landed in Abbottabad, smashed into the home of Osama Bin Laden \u2014 right next to the Pakistani military academy, shot him, buried his body at sea and made their way back to wherever they came from. A decade earlier, Osama\u2019s organisation had planned and executed what was the most public attack on America\u2019s sense of Security and Self Worth. Ramming passenger planes filled with civilians into commercial and military buildings, the terrorists brought to the United States terrorism that attacks large numbers of civilians and causes panic and death. At that time, Indians reacted with numb horror combined with horrified fascination as the Twin Towers imploded, but you could hear murmurs of \u2018now you know what it feels like\u2019. India, after all, had been facing terrorism in its leading cities and towns for the last three decades. The West told us that terror happened because people wanted self determination, and that we should negotiate instead of cracking down. When they were attacked, the response changed. It was War \u2014 albeit a war against \u201cterror\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The rest of the article is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/analysis_curious-incident-of-abbottabad-in-the-night-time-lays-pakistan-bare_1543692\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My column in today&#8217;s DNA Pakistan fighting terror was a bit like a bunch of ladies of tradable virtue endorsing the need for chastity. 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