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Anti Americanism in Pakistan
By Tauseef Ullah
January 2010
- Why anti Americanism
- Religion and anti Americanism
- Anti Americanism in Pakistan
- Approaches towards anti Americanism
- Who is anti American?
It is always necessary to project anti American slogans to make place in a political culture like Pakistan. This is only because of the widespread hatred for America. The people hate America for its cruel policies. Therefore the sentiments of the masses are always exploited. This need no explanation why there is anti Americanism. The answer to this question needs the study of American system. America or more correctly samraj, the united states of America is the leader of the capitalist block. It is the continuity of British samraj. British capitalism and its world wide hegemony is a story of the resent past. After the glorious revolution 1688 AD the defacto demise of the English kingship, the middle class bourgeoisie come into power and people’s struggle against the king was hijacked by this capitalist class. Founded a system protecting their own interest as against the people’s interests this inhuman capitalist class was exploiting the British society, then the European and finally their exploitation extend to other continents. Almost all the weaker countries were under its clutches and a number of colonies came into being. Most of the parts of America, Africa, Asia and Australia are made colonies. The reason why these colonies were established is just exploitation of mineral resources and man power. The British samraj first accumulated the raw material towards its industries but when the European labor was becoming costly then industries were shifted to the colonies to maximize the industrial yield and profit. For this purpose the British samraj dismantle the Ottoman and the Mughul Empire in Asia and Africa, waged wars against them. Through its agents the British samraj weakened the target systems, divided the society on ethnic and religious ground, and made partitions in them. After the freedom movements started, the British samraj was no more able to sustain its global hegemony, thus shrinked to an Iceland. In fact the two world wars were nothing more than the struggle for securing maximum markets and colonies by the capitalist system of the Europe. Thus it is clear from the preceding discussion that the core values of samraj are exploitation of human rights. After the Second World War, United States emerged as the younger samraj. Depending on the economic dominance and scientific advancement USA start dictating all the third world. Founded on the same common principle of exploitation, the American capitalism produced even more adverse results than the British samraj. USA waged wars against resourceful countries, captured important trade routes and protecting, defending and exploiting the countries important for its strategic dominance. The American samraj is responsible for the third world economic deprivation and political instability. Whether its Briton or American, it is in the very nature of samraj to divide and rule the societies. In the sub continent after the arrival of Englishmen ethnic, linguistic and religious disharmony came into existence. In the Mughul Era there was no conflict of this kind. The same is true for American samraj. Pakistani society is continually being disrupted by it. Giving a posture of the vanguard of human rights it always exploited it. Therefore Americanism is quite just.
Religion and anti Americanism
Religion is a divine guidance for the establishment of a society full of peace and economic prosperity. Religion is nothing more then the guiding principles for the material and spiritual development. Quran has mentioned clearly the principles for establishing a just society, its political and economic system. Human rights, democracy, peace, harmony, circulation of wealth and universal brotherhood are its leading principles. All the Sharias, whether Muhammadan or that of Jesus and Moses, and even before, enforced these core values. The basis of all the religion is the same to protect and enforce these values according to the needs of different times and spaces. No religion professed injustice, sectarianism, poverty and accumulation of wealth etc. The lives of the Prophets show the struggle for establishment of a just system and fight against the samraj of the time. Abraham fought against Namrood, Moses against Pharos, Muhammad against Qaiser and Kisra and its sub system in Makka. Propagating these divine principles Muhammad organized the youngsters of Makka and Madina into a political party on the principle of non violence. Build the capacity of the believers to understand the socio politico and economic dynamics of the system and to destroy it and to establish a new system. Thus the Jamate Sahaba was a beauraucracy of the system identified by this divine guidance i.e. the religion. With the establishment of the state of Madina, the new constitution, restructuring the politics and economy of the society, the movement entered into its international phase. This was the time to invite the international society to this new order and thus the samraj of the time Qaiser and Kisra were challenged. Summing up, religion is a struggle and movement against samraj on the principle of non violence and party politics. The system established by the Prophet Mohammad gave results up to 1000 years not exploiting the world but to establish peace and prosperity.
Anti Americanism in Pakistan
Anti-Americanism and Pakistan are two very far from ideas. As such there is no anti-Americanism in Pakistan. To understand these we need to study Pakistani system and society in historical perspective. Pakistan came into being for neo colonial needs. After the strengthening of the socialist movement and the freedom movement in the sub, the old and the new emerging samraj planned for the partition of India thus created a state in the Muslim populated areas of the sub continent to promote its foreign policy and to contain the socialist movement within its boarders. The big landlords and the English speaking non nationalist Muslim generation of India organized into a political party to weaken the freedom movement. All the major leaders of this party are of feudal origin and titled as SIR. Neither wounded nor imprisoned the leaders of this party struggled for the partition in the name of Islam. Being a feudal lord, exploiting the poor peasants, projecting slogans of human rights and independence was surprising. A part of the India was given in the hands of this inhuman class. Most of the leaders are self centered and of exploitative mindset. Even Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah himself once said that “I have false coins in my pocket” explaining the nature of leadership. When Pakistan came into being, all the legislatures are dumped up by these feudal lords. As said earlier Pakistan was a new colonial plan, the Pakistan system did performed to achieve its objectives but what that objective is? Briefly it was to contain socialist movement by keeping sustained instability in the region by anti regional foreign policy of Pakistan. The focal point of the state of Pakistan is to promote this core objective. The post partition Pakistan, its policies, dynamics, institutions and individuals contributed to achieve this objective. Pakistani law making institutions kept protect the inhuman feudalism and capitalism, the Pakistani judiciary always supported the military to distort the national institutions. The military always supported anti regional policies supported afghan jihad declaring the socialists as Ladeen, launched jihad in Afghanistan. All the political parties and religious groups with the support of military under the command of American samraj defeated Soviet Union. The Pakistan Iran relationships were good in the times of pro samraj Shah e Iran but after the Anti Samraj movement of Imam Khumeni Shia Sunni conflicts developed to minimize the impacts of this Anti Samraj revolution on Pakistani society. Artificial enmity with India is in the blood of Pakistanis. The education system of Pakistan teaches the people in its very young age at the primary level that India is our enemy but not American samraj and capitalism. This is a pure example of state sectarianism. Getting close to India, friendship with India, trade with India are taboos in Pakistan society. Beside the friendship with china, Pakistani land is involved in supporting separatist movements in Sink Yang. It is very strange that India is Hindu thus enemy, Russia and china are communist and ladeen, Iran is Shia Kafir, but samraj is friend. The reason why India, china, Russia and Iran are enemies because of its being on samraji agenda to keep sustained regional instability. The only primary objective of samraj in Pakistan is that regional cooperation must not strengthen to keep Pakistan continuously backward then only will Pakistan act according to samraji dictation. One can not see in Pakistan any Mega Project worked out by samraj. What can be seen is only the assistance of Kafir neighbors.
Approaches towards Anti-Americanism
System approach
The United States of America is the captain of the capitalistic mode of economies. It wants to engulf the world resources. America represents a system called Capitalism. Having its own history, this system is developed in centuries, shown similar results in different times an spaces. With the passage of time it adopted different modes. Before the Second World War, it was colonialism and after that it emerges in a newer form called the neo colonialism. After the weakening of the colonial Briton, the United States emerges as the Neo-colonialist imperialism. The determining forces of the US imperialist policies are not religion and civilization but the economic interests. She wants to dominate all irrespective of the religion or region or else.
The only way to stop her growing hegemony is to stand united against her across the boarders of states, religion, culture and civilization. It must be clear that hatred for imperialism must be focused to the class that practically holds the power corridors of the imperial systems, and the economic elites of the west in the form of companies, organizations and monitory institutions. The way this satanic force exploit the world, the techniques and policies of it, the rules of engagements and the scientific use of knowledge must be known and an alternate system to be developed at the national level first, maturing to the regional level and then playing its international role, to discard the evil policies of imperialism and to establish a world free of injustice. This approach never considers which party is ruling in the west, what kind of slogans projected. This is called systematic approach. The holders of this approach are considered a real threat from the imperialist force. The most attractive example is that of the Socialist ideology and system.
Emotional, reactionary and sectarian approach
Another approach is emotional and sectarian. It is not based of scientific lines and certain ideology. This class of anti Americans always propagates sectarian hatred and their political stance is to be determined by what the need and socio politico and economic priorities of the imperialism.
This class of anti Americans was supportive in cold war. Under the leadership of United States, it launched Jihad, the holly war of Islam. The result was the dominance of United States and the emergence of a uni-polar world. The socialist system defeated for the moment and millions of Afghan nationals and others sacrificed for American cause. Not only this, the religious mafia got benefited due to the economic support of the west especially the United States. Militant organizations were established and the Pakistani society ruined. This class, for the US interest, declared Russia as the atheist state that must be fought with. They declared America as Ahle Kitab, and this was the ground of support to United States. Perestroika; after the reversal of Russian forces, this class received a setback due to an end to the economic support from the west. They are important but in future and in a new dimension. The imperial; policy shifted from bullet to ballet. The new slogans were not indicating the need to arm the community, but to give vote to an association of religious mafia. The Anti-American slogans and popular anti American sentiments resulted in the rise of religious governments in certain parts of the country (MMA) which benefited imperialists in different ways. Reorganizing the militants was its main objective and to prepare the ground for the new imperial policy. This class of Anti-Americans is no threat to America even it is sure they will support the imperialism in future if there is any threat to capitalism arises.
To distinguise between the two classes of anti-americans it is a tough job for peoples like Pakistan having no political wisdom. Even most of the writers and analyst too do not understand this ambiguity, thus making drastic mistakes while interpreting and discussing anti Americanism. One of the reasons is our historical intellectual poverty and political immaturity. Also there is an influential part of writers which are paid from the imperial systems, to distort the facts, to destroy the national ideology, to misguide the people and to make ways of exploitation.
A case study of Hezbollah and Taliban
Almost all the intellectuals and the so called social scientist here regard Hezbollah and Taliban of the same nature belonging to two opposite classes of anti-Americans. After the cold war, religious extremist movements and nationalist movements are hardly differentiated. Therefore we see that most of the analysts and religious extremists support Iraqi Freedom Movement and Hezbollah. Lacking political maturity, the secular writers and organizations have no respect for the Hezbollah and Iraqi freedom fighters considering them as Taliban which in not correct. This kind of writers considers Israel Lebanon war a religious based which make difficult for the secular sections to support Hezbollah. Lebanon is a multi religious country. All the religions participate in the state affairs. Constitutionally, it is for the president to be a Christian, a prime minister to be a Sunni Muslim and the speaker to be a Shia Muslim. The western media reported the elders, women and children of Lebanon supporting Hezbollah. The people from different religion when asked, “Who are you?” answered “we are Hezbollah”. Hezbollah Supreme Hasan Nasrullah gave the idea to fight by vote, organized his group into a mainstream political party, got 18 percent vote, and secured 15 seats in national parliament. Hezbollah is anti sectarian and is a strong critique of Al Qaeda and Taliban
The religious sections have no nationalist thinking. They believe in sectarianism. They regard Hezbollah as a religious sectarian organization which have no nationalist approach. They can not accommodate religion with nationalism. Also it is difficult for the nationalist to talk in terms of religion. The religious class often in the history and always in the history of Pakistan failed to struggle for national causes. Thus the nationalist sections feel difficulty in accepting Hezbollah a nationalist organization. They can not fit and see Hezbollah in a national framework thus termed it as Taliban. Supportive is the role of Pakistani religious sections to this thinking, which never stand on national footings, their slogans never communicate national causes like independence, economic prosperity, universal brotherhood. Their psychological construction is that of sectarianism, hatred, conflicts, divisions, violence and dominance.
Who is Anti-American
The most important and difficult question to Pakistani society is “who is anti America”. it is very much clear form the above discussion that the only way out to progress and development is to depart ways with samraji ideology and practice, to strengthen regional alliance and cooperation, to restructure economy and destroy capitalism, to make sure circulation of wealth, to nationalize the means of production or if not nationalized, made compatible with the collective interest, to remove sectarianism from the gross root by restructuring the education system and to strengthen the federation by redesigning the provinces. This is the framework of progress and development. It must be clear that to make way to development and prosperity, system must be changed. All the national institutions are to be replaced with new one having a clear vision and strong organization. This can only be done by an organized political party and not an individual no matter how much strong and intellectual. Thus revolution or in soft language, the social change can only be brought by a political party and not an individual, on non violence basis. This is the theme in which we will analyze who is anti America. To answer this question we have to study the political, religious organizations, militants groups, civil beauracracy, civil society and security establishment.
Political organizations
if a party survive under capitalism, its slogans are not anti capitalist, if it is the product of and nourished in capitalism, if it participate in the election of the capitalist system, if it take oath to defend the capitalist constitution, if the core leadership of a party is feudal lords and biggest industrialists, if it does not talk about system change, capitalism, if it believe in sectarianism, considering India, china, Russia and Iran as Kafir etc. How can it bring social change or in other words how it can be anti-American.
Religious organizations
Those organizations which use religion as a card for the promotion of their interest can be termed as religious organizations. Their manifestos, slogans, speeches, gatherings, and propaganda statements contain religious terminologies but their 60 years struggle yield nothing except extremism, terrorism, violence, sectarianism anarchy and intolerance. Their concept of religion is myopic. They restrict religion only to certain specific practices like prayers and fasting and whispering certain divine idioms. they regard the role of religion in human society is just to stress on Friday Off, to celebrate leaves on Islamic days, to demand the enforcement of Sharia, to protest, to brake cinema signboard, destroying TV sets, attacks on media offices, project empty slogans, organizing rallies and assemblies, passing resolutions but to close eyes from the socio politico and economic problems of human society even to regard them as fate, even to declare those as communist and Kafir, who speaks about these problems to be solved. Almost all religious groups represents a specific school of thought even a single school of thought have multiple groups, the objective of whom is not the promotion of its school of thought but to gain material benefits. Due to its myopic approach to religion, these groups never try to listen the opinion of others. According to them the murder of the person having different opinion is quite just and a religious obligation. Protesting the violence on Muslims in India is understandable but what about the killing of Muslims by Muslims? The religious parties never dominated the national political scenario in the history but always cooperated with the capitalist system to facilitate samraj in its policy implementation. for example a Fatwa was given by Pakistani religious mafia on the death of Anti Samraj Jamal Abdul Nasir, that funeral prayers in absentia is not according to Sharia but on the death of Samraji agent Zia Ul Hak it was made according to Sharia.
Religious reformist groups
Those groups in Pakistan having the ideology that the basic reason behind all the problems is the “individual” and that it is the “individual” that if made correct the system by itself will be correct. They never believe in system and policies and its effects on individual and society. They can be termed as reformist groups. They focus on “individual” and not system and policies. They gather every year in millions at Raiwind but have no ability to challenge the system even do not consider capitalism as the root cause of the problems. Their gatherings comprised of the non influential sections of the society. There is no room for politics in their ideology. Having no political idea, in elections the workers and supporters of this group support different political parties which contribute to the maintenance of this capitalist political culture. This group misguide the younger generations which is in fact the future of the society.
Civil beauracracy
Pakistan derived its civil beauracracy from the Indian civil services. The principles of recruitment and training of this class were in the light of imperial needs. Having high living standard, the civil servants always dominated the poor masses. Being the servants of the society this class never served the society up to its best level. Making artificial shortages of the basic needs, electricity, sugar, etc this class is the actual ruler of the country dictating governments. It is the most educated section of the society but have deep roots of corruption.
Civil society
This is a new association of the imperial agents to dismantle the army changing role. The composition of the class is such that groups having different ideologies come close to each other to pressurize the military government. The religious organizations that regarded the liberal sections like NGOs as Kafirs in their social thoughts and the liberal sections which consider these religious groups as outdated and extremists, made alliance for Samraji needs. It is like the 9star Alliance against Buttho’s government in 70s. it is a fact that whenever the Pakistani political and religious organization cooperate for a single cause, that is always for American interests
Security establishment
The Armed Forces, being the most organized and disciplined organization, always dictated the political process and dominated all other organizations. The higher command of armed forces never deviated from the core objective of Pakistan plan till the end of the previous century. All most all the actions taken and policies perused by Pakistan army contributed either directly through foreign policy or indirectly through domestic policies to help achieve the imperial objective of sustained instability in the region. Regardless of the fact, the army did a lot in national emergencies the army did many mistakes in the formulation of state policy like the continued enmity with India, the imperial war in Afghanistan, the development of religious militant organizations and the Shia Sunni conflicts after Khumeni revolt and attacks on democratic institutions. The role of security establishment after the end of the pervious century has been changed considerably. That needs more attention. Pakistan dynamics can not be separated from the global imperial agenda in Asia. This is the century of Asia, full of resources, opportunities and vision. America can not sustain its global hegemony and dominance unless to control Asia. Looking at Asia, the major countries of Asia are anti America, like Russia, china. Iran, the central Asian states and India (here anti Americanism is used in its broader meaning, that these countries do not let samraj to exploit them and deal America on equal footings). The only power instrument available in Asia to samraj is Pakistan. Samraj is enforcing its anti regional policies through Pakistan. It was Pakistan fought against Russia with all its potential available. It was Pakistan continuously disturbing china with its militants. It was Pakistan created anti Iran, anti Shia and anti Khomeini sentiments. It was Pakistan created the state of Taliban under the Big Deal. It was Pakistan keeping groundless enmity with India. The security establishment was a determining factor in formulating these policies because of its control over Pakistani society. This was the role of army which can not be justified on any ground.
In the line of fire
Progressing on its global agenda, samraj deployed its forces in Afghanistan, made it a base camp. The purpose of this aggression is to contain socialist economic growth and to exploit the local resources. To achieve this objective, the presence of America in Asia is must. The only way for America to stay in Asia is to make sure its presence in Pakistan. The only threat to America in Pakistan is the armed forces of Pakistan which is potentially capable to counter American presence. Afghanistan is having no stable system, no army, no infrastructure, and no immediate resources thus Afghanistan stand a second priority for America. America came in Afghanistan to capture Pakistan, to destroy its nuclear capabilities and to make partitions in it. The reason why Pakistan is a first priority for America is its geo strategic importance. From Pakistan, America can control the booming economy of china and can perform its operations against Russian Iran and India. In order to capture Pakistan the armed forces must be dealt with iron hands. The whole scheme of Al-Qaeda Taliban and war on terror is to dismantle Pakistan army making way to long term stay in the region. America first assisted and compelled Pakistan to create the state of Taliban whose policies were not acceptable to the world community and to the region in particular. Helping and supporting Taliban from the back door, United States started propaganda war against Taliban government. After the preplanned 9/11, United States gave two options to Pakistan either to stand with terrorists or the United States. United States presumed Pakistan will stand with Taliban due to intense internal pressure from the society. American presumption was quite natural due to the social structure of Pakistan. All the sections of society, its political and religious organizations and each and every individual was against America and having deep attachment with the new so called Islamic system. Unexpectedly the military regime took a very difficult stance against Taliban, supported America, became front line Alai, gave logistic and air assistance for operations against Taliban. This was a tough time for the chief executive of Pakistan to move forward against the wishes of the society. It was not in American interests that Pakistan entered into American camp. Thus all the planning of the American policy makers failed because America wanted Pakistan to stand in front of America supporting Taliban, to make way for American aggression on Pakistan. To become front line Alai it was in Pakistan’s interest because it was the question of its very existence.
There was no one in Pakistan to support army in this war on terror. The biggest challenge to Pakistan army was that society was not even divided on the question but stood in front of army. The army was facing many challenges at home front and abroad also. Intense internal pressure and the legitimacy question was also a trouble for army ruling the country. There was no political force at the gross root to support army thus army organized a new political force PML Q to establish a democratic government. This new political party supported army’s every action. But parallel to this, the pro American religious organization made an alliance to make government in the western part of Pakistan to strengthen Taliban in the tribal belt.
America is playing a double game, strengthening Taliban and pressurizing Pakistan to counter Taliban. In fact America is not serious to dismantle Taliban network. It is a power instrument for America to weaken the security forces of Pakistan but Pakistan army is very much clear in its objective to destroy Taliban and Al-Qaeda network. The intelligence agency of Pakistan is severely criticized for supporting and having links with the Taliban network. The reason why it has been criticized is its deviation from its historical role to destabilize the region. The army gave a new vision and agenda to the intelligence agency this time. The army chief of Pakistan was fully baked by the core leadership of army and the regional forces. Thus Pakistan became a trouble for the first time for American policy makers.
The policies perused by Pakistan army are not compatible to Samraji interests. Pakistan is now trying to get close to the region, making strong economic and political links with the regional countries, resolving the Kashmir issue by extending a four point solution to the issue, strengthening relations with India, trade promotion and cultural exchange, seeking membership of Shinghai cooperation organization SCO, respecting Chinese interests in Gawadar, getting close to Iran, banned all Anti-Shia sectarian organizations, rejecting American demand to give air assistance to America against Iran, and increasing economic relations with Iran by IPI gas pipeline project, extending hands of friendship to Russia. Thus after decades it was possible for a Russian high official to visit Pakistan due to Pakistan’s new role in the region.
This was termed as the U Turn from Pakistan Ideology by Army in Pakistan. This role of security establishment is not acceptable to the American policy makers. America does not want Pakistan to move forward on these lines to strengthen regional cooperation. Thus Pakistan army is in the line of fire.
To understand the dynamics of Pakistan and the region, it must be kept in mind that today Pakistan is a battlefield of Samraji war. This is a multi player game. One player is Pakistan Army fully backed and supported by the regional countries. The second player is America and its local agents like Al-Qaeda, Taliban, most of the political and all the religious organizations, civil society, judiciary and media. Al-Qaeda and Taliban are making direct attacks of the security forces and the rest of are weakening army indirectly by sabotaging the civil military cooperation. The political forces cooperating with the army are the victims of media and judicial activism. The army is continuously being warned of not to make again a CoupDeTant but grounds are being prepared to compel army to respond accordingly. This is in the American interests to make an end to civil military cooperation i.e. the army dictated PPP government. America wants to isolate army and to involve it at many fronts to weaken it making it unable to counter terrorism. The sections of Kerry Logger Bill relating to the role of army demand Pakistan that its army will not interfere in politics and that the promotions in the higher command of army must be under civilian control. The purpose of these sections is to contain army and make restrict its role in national affairs. To this, the new representative of the security establishment, the new army chief immediately responded after a core commander conference. This shows army’s divergent role from the American agenda.
Summarizing anti-Americanism in Pakistan, those which seem to be anti American are not in fact, and those which are American Alai are trying to move on anti-American lines. Thus every thing seems opposite. The most popular in Pakistani society are those which are emotional anti Americans.
The complete solution to Pakistani problem is not even what the army is doing although it is quite correct in short term. The solution is basically a people’s revolution guided by an organized political party, working on non violence basis having a clear vision to make systematic changes in the society, dismantling capitalism, bringing a just economic and political order, empowering the peoples, ensuring rights and duties, removing sectarian hatred, making strong regional cooperation, breaking all imperial chains and let the people to enjoy true freedom. Unless and until this kind of political party came into being, the army is the sole protector of Pakistan and Anti-American. Long live Pakistan Army.
Tauseef Ullah
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