The Nukes: A Waning Pakistani Resolve?

The Nukes: A Waning Pakistani Resolve?
 

PakNationalists presents this record that offers a compelling material to show how Pakistan’s existing nuclear policy is not only weak but is also robbing the nation of any advantages that could accrue from acquiring advanced nuclear technology.

By Ahmed Quraishi  |  Saturday, 6 June 2009
 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The Pakistani foreign office never tires of repeating the apologetic line about the strength of the country’s nuclear command.

But behind the scenes, there are signs that actions do not match words. There is a need now for some ‘nuclear arrogance’ in the Pakistani nuclear and defense establishments.  Pakistani politicians are too busy in their political musical chair to be of any help. To save the situation, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Armed Forces will have to intervene to make the requisite changes. These changes should ensure the optimization of the diplomatic and the psychological advantage for a nuclear-armed Pakistan.

PakNationalists presents this report that offers compelling material to show how Pakistan’s existing nuclear policy is not only weak but is also robbing the nation of any advantages that could accrue from acquiring advanced nuclear technology.

Consider the following:

1. Forget the classified nuclear research projects.  The Pakistani government is delaying the release of funds even for the non-classified projects.

2. While President Zardari was in the U.S. in May, U.S. officials leaked to the Boston Globe that Mr. Zardari’s aides are secretly negotiating the transfer of enriched uranium to the U.S. for disposal. Pakistani newspaper The Nation described the leak as Nuclear Surrender in an editorial on May 7.

3. Mr. Zardari has decided that Pakistan would not be first in using nuclear weapons in case of war, theoretically ending any advantage Pakistan could have by owning nuclear weapons in front of a larger, non-conventional adversary such as India.

4. In December 2008, the Zardari-Gilani government turned down a great opportunity to buy uranium from international market. It is true Pakistan faced budgetary problems, but was an opportunity that won’t be easily repeated.

Dr. Shireen Mazari has recently written a convincing article on the little steps that are leading to nuclear surrender in Pakistan. The article is a must read for those who want to understand how Pakistan is practicing appeasement in the face of relentless one-sided American anti-Pakistanism.

Peter Lee has written a masterpiece that explains once again how the American think tanks are tightly aligned with the objectives of the political-military-intelligence establishment in Washington D.C.  The Americans have perfected the art of cooked intelligence. Lee has exposed a case of ‘cooked academic research’ in support of government.

According to Lee, the Institute for Science and International Security, ISIS, recently released what it claimed was a study that revealed Pakistan was expanding its nuclear arsenal.  Lee did what clumsy and unimaginative Pakistani officials could never do, including those in charge of Islamabad’s political and military media outreach: intelligently and creatively defend the Pakistani position. Lee exposes the trail of American-created “alarmism” on Pakistani nukes.

Lastly, this dossier includes a brief comparison between American nuclear safety record and Pakistan’s record. Needless to say, it leaves most Pakistanis laughing.

Former President Musharraf thought he was acting smart when he incarcerated Dr. A. Q. Khan and when he sent old centrifuge designs to IAEA.  Pakistan did not have to take any of those actions. Pakistan did not violate any laws. U.S. interests are, of course, are not a law. Mr. Musharraf and Pakistan were eventually outsmarted. Concessions led to more concessions.  But to the horror of many Pakistanis, our nuclear establishment appears set on another phase of concessions under the same misguided conviction that we will outsmart the detractors. That is not going to happen. The only way out now is to change course. Men of conviction are better than men of compromise. Pakistan’s nuclear hierarchy needs such men and women.

Reference: Pak Nationalists

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