Falsehoods Galore well folks!!!!

it has been nice reading reactions to this article. However below the belt personal attacks by some readers did leave a bad taste but on the whole the standard of debate was amazing.

Let me reassert-- I am a loyal, citizen of Pakistan, more loyal than any hothead --and am based in Pakistan not in US. In case Folks like omar1974 and others of his ilk would rather continue to believe ISPR and Tariq Altaf then so be it, but I for one would like to retain my objectivity.

Another point -- An article for me takes months of effort, often material has to be collected from different sources (essays, rough drafts etc )lying here and there on my harddisk. To debunk all I have so painstakingly collected, thru a direct personal attack without any substantive arguments, would not in the slightest weaken my resolve.

Consider this :

I know some strengths of my nation.

I know some shortcomings.

What I prefer to talk about in my articles should be my business -- or should I necessarily adopt an ``even handed approach`` each time I write about Pakistan.

For glowing tributes to the ``land of the pure`` the spin doctors are doing a very good job.

And yes -- my real name is Fauziya Khan.

Thanx all.

A Line Runs Through It this is the first time i am trying to join an ongoing chat.

I feel that the ``status quo ante`` on the LOC refers to the 1972 maps agreed to by the DGMO of both countries that have been signed and preserved. Any violations since then of the LOC by any country would be void if the status quo ante thus defined is restored.

Further as a third generation Indian, I feel that

Pakistan is acting in a childish fashion by sticking to `` no we shall not give up the nuclear

first use option``. Remember the Clint Eastwood film endings. The villain`s bluff is called each time.

Has the Pak establishment pondered as to their own country`s fate after they have dropped a nuke or two or ten?

A country that has been surviving on foreign aid making such statements is like a patient on a hospital bed challenging the WWF champions. While there has been and continues to be wholesale aggression of the LOC from the Pak side (the whole world believes it, even most Pakistanis believe it), when your leaders talk of nuclear bombs if India violates the LOC, it sounds farcical.

If any Indian believes that they can wipe out Pakistan or if any Pakistani believes that India will not be there after some time, they better restructure their thought process. A hundred years from now, both countries will still be around, hopefully better and stronger.What is required is to invest in themselves and not against each other. Investing in guns and missiles and not in drinking water and industry and agriculture is only due to political compulsions of narrow minded political parties and archaic mindsets of drawing room politicians.

I am sorry if I have hurt any ones feelings but I find this a good place to vent my feelings.