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Very nice. This is so funny and depressing at the same time. I wish Pakistan good luck with such political leaders on the top. May God have mercy on Pakistan!

My friend you are right. I was totally depressed while hearing these comments on TV. We are blessed with a leader who is devoid of even the common sense not to speak of basics of diplomacy and Pakistan-India historical perspective.

I am not depressed because i do not expect anything better than this from Zardari. This leader of ours has already embarrassed us so much through his comments made during his visit to USA and other countries that these senseless remarks were very much expected. All we can do is pray for our country. May ALLAH bless our home land!

I was depressed less n his comments but more on our selection of a man who definitly did not deserve the position he is holding. It is time that both the main stream politicians,intelligentia and the civil society should give a serious thought to protecting national interests.

Consequent to last week attacks on Bumbai, Indian Government without there being adequate evidence has adopted extremely unreasonable attitude towards Pakistan. From day one, within hours of the terrorists attack on Bumbai hotels/restaurants, which resulted in most unfortunate loss of over 200 human lives, Indian Government, media and the extremist Hindu elements have started the blame game on Pakistan Government and the religious groups.

Only yesterday, speaking at a joint conference with visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Indian Foreign Minister Parnab Mukherjee said that India had no doubt that the militants had come and coordinated from Pakistan. He warned that all options were open in dealing with Pakistan which would depend upon Pakistan Authorities’ response. Rice refused to ‘jump to any conclusions about who is responsible’ notwithstanding that the US Intelligence Officials have privately supported Indian accusations. She, however, said “Pakistan needs to act with urgency and with resolve and cooperate fully and transparently”. Rice said that “Pakistan has special responsibility to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Bumbai attacks”.

The US Secretary of States’ response to Bumbai attacks is similar to the one given by US Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen presently on visit to Pakistan. He has also asked Pakistan to “investigate aggressively” any possible links that groups based in Pakistan have to the Bumbai attacks. Mullen met President Zardari along with top military and security leadership and was assured of Pakistan’s commitment to join India in probing the Bumbai attacks.

The US Bipartisan Commission in its recent Report ‘World at Risk’ has referred to Pakistan as the weakest link in world security. The Report says that “Although Pakistan is a close US ally, its inability to control swaths of territory, violent political instability, and a nuclear stand off with neighbouring India make the Islamic nation the most lethal tinderbox of all”.

Looking back at President Zardari’s overtly friendly gestures towards India during his recent address to the Delhi Conference (as reported above), and one sided statements forthcoming from India (and of course from m the US), there is a definite need for Pakistan to review its overall foreign policy – more particularly in the context of its relations with India and the US. Pakistan has sacrifice a lot over the years in pursuit of supporting the international effort in removing the threat from extremists. Yet when it comes to their national interests, both India and US has let down Pakistan