This news appeared in the daily Dawn and everyone might have read it but i thought to share my views on this news. I would let you read it once again if you have missed it before i present my point

WASHINGTON, May 27: What Pakistan gets as reimbursement for its efforts to combat militants along the Afghan border is less than half of what it spends, diplomatic sources say.
Under a programme known as the Coalition Support Fund, the US military reimburses Pakistan for terrorism-related operations, particularly by the army and the air force.
A US Government Accountability Office report issued last week said that of $5.8 billion in US support for anti-terrorism efforts in the Fata between 2002 and 2007, about 96 per cent had gone towards reimbursing the Pakistani military, three per cent on border security and one per cent on development aid projects.
Talking to Dawn, sources said the $5.8 billion Pakistan received from the CSF was reimbursement of what the country had already spent.
“It is not easy to deploy 100,000 troops in a troubled area,” said one diplomatic source. “Look, how the Americans are spending billions of dollars on maintaining troops in Iraq. If the Americans feel that the Iraq war is draining their resources, imagine how it affects Pakistan.”
Noting that Pakistan has lost almost 1,000 soldiers in the fight, sources complained that the CSF does not compensate for the loss of life. There is no provision for supporting the families of the slain soldiers either. Continue…..

In light of the above story i think we are ourselves labeling our military as a mercenary force which is available at the disposal of American Generals because we are demanding the compensation from America and demanding compensation on equivalent terms means that we are not fighting our war rather we are fighting the War for America. This was the last thing i expected from our diplomatic community. Can you tell me how the militants will feel after reading this story and how the families of those who sacrificed their lives believing they are dying for their country will feel after reading this? Militants will think that they are justified in raising their voices against the government and the military because they are fighting the War for US and not for Pakistan while the families of the martyred soldiers will feel betrayed.

I never thought we will accept our pathetic condition in the open and beg like the true beggers from our masters sitting in Washington DC.

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