Bhutto, Shah Iran and Dawood: victimized
on the name of "Revolutions"
There are similarities between "power
politics" of a village, union council, soviet or the State & international politics. As
attributed from its name it largely depends on "Power" and centers of
power. Ideology, religion, ethics and ideas (in modern time’s campaign for
Rights) always acted as subservient players. No matter you are living in a
village, town or province, State or in the world of Nation states, situation
remains same. From the times of Chanakya (370-283 BCE, Taxila Punjab), Machiavelli (1469-1527,
Italian) till Chartist Movement (first half of 18th century) ,
Karl Marx(1818-1883) and Gramsci (1891-1937) everyone pointed out the POWER in
detail. The piece is written with reference to Benazir Bhutto's book "Foreign Policy in Perspective" which reminds us
mid 1970s days when Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan were ready to
resolve their issues in cooperation with one another. At that time, all
international powerful players US, Britain, USSR and FRANCE acted against it
from different angles. As a smart politician Benazir Bhutto just explained
what was happening in power circles in all three states between 1977 till 1979 yet when you read her
book till the end you will realized who was who in that scenario.
In all the three countries, powerful
international players used local oppositions & contrdictory ideolgies smartly. Shah Iran was dethroned
by Islamic revolution, Dawood by socialist Revolution and Bhutto
by Military revolution. According to B.B an agreement was
ready till the end of 1976
between Pakistan and Afghanistan while Iran was also supporting
it too. Sardar Dawood was ready to negotiate on Durand-line issue (an
issue we got as colonial legacy) and even in his recent book
, Pakistani foreign secretary quoted reference from the book of
Sardar dawood's foreign secretary who admired and admitted these
developments. But from 5th July 1977 till April 1978, All the three rulers were
in trouble, dethrone smartly not directly, as they vanished Qaddafi in
recent past, but by helping their oppositions through diverse sources and
powers. As a matter of fact, 2014 is near and in this situation B.B’s book
looks more relevant now. Pakistan is trying to develop a consensus which is
good but political situation both in Afghanistan and Iran is quite different.
Both countries have neither democracy nor political consensus. Both countries
can learn from Pakistan regarding political consensus within country. if they
have a political consensus within country then they can move towards regional
cooperation. Now u read what BB said in this regard and what happened during
2nd half of 1970s.
http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2013-09-10&edition=LHR&id=588940_61333924
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