( October 23, 2013, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) Is America at war within itself? Its history offers alarming and dreadful signals to the whole of the mankind. In slightly over two centuries of its existence, America has fought more than two hundred wars. None seem to have had large scale global repercussions and disastrous consequences as is the unending Bush engineered “War on Terrorism.” In September 2001, George Bush called the then Pakistani dictator General Pervaz Musharaf on a two and half hour notice if he will join America to unseat the Taliban Government in Afghanistan and capture Osama Bin Laden- the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks on America. Refuting history of friendly relations between America and Pakistan would be sheer oversight. America welcomed the democratically created new nation of Pakistan and extended substantial humanitarian aids to its development. Pakistani leaders went out of their way to support US global policies and strategies even offering their land to American secret networks against the USSR and Communism. Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan got warm welcome in America and inspired the vision of strong US-Pakistan relationships in the years to come. Subsequently, when the Generals were in power, they viewed American relations with utmost value for their own survival.
