US to cut aid to Pakistani army units over abuse: NYT

Is the big brother trying to portray itself as the nice guy?Recommend

Hypocrisy in action.Recommend

To value and safeguard human rights is a significant achievement in the triumph of the human society and an important representation of modern civilization. It is also a mutual objective of people of all countries and races and a key theme to peace. All the states have the basic obligation to make efforts to promote and protect human rights in their own territories, and to promote international cooperation in accordance with the norms of international relations. No country in the world should view itself as the incarnation of human rights, and use human rights as a tool to interfere in affairs of and exert pressure on other countries and realize its own strategic interests. The United States reigns over other countries and releases Country Reports on Human Rights Practices year after year but has always embraced double standards on human rights concerns. It often exerts pressure on other countries to invite the UN special rapporteur to assess and report on the status of their human rights values, but it has rejected such norms and has turned down the request for a joint visit to the military base at Guantanamo Bay from several special rapporteurs. The so-called flag bearer of Human Rights, turns blind eye to the HR violation committed by Friendly countries like India and Israel to enhance its own objective. Arundhati Roy, famous writer and social activist has said that “since the country gained independence there have been wars against tribals, dalits and others in several parts of the country leading to violation of human rights and people are struggling for human rights more than justice,”. This is not first reported incident, there are many more human rights abuses in Indian occupied Kashmir, from Jan. 1989 to September 30, 2010 93,471 citizens have been killed including 9,962 rape cases by Indian forces. So is the case of Israel, Justice Karl Hudson-Phillips, Chair of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian assistance, said the Mission made critical findings of fact which bore repetition. These included that no arms or weapons of an offensive nature were taken on board any of the vessels of the flotilla save for a few catapults. The Israeli soldiers used live ammunition on the passengers of the Mavi Marmara, killing nine and injuring over fifty with live bullets. The Mission considered that the conduct of the Israeli military and other personnel towards the flotilla passengers was disproportionate and excessive and that they demonstrated levels of unnecessary violence, and that serious violations of both humanitarian and human rights law occurred during and after this incident.Recommend

I could not help but remember the quote of US president when USS liberty was ambushed by Israel forces. USS liberty called for help and when the help was on its way..it was called back by the president saying
” We are not going to embarrass our friends over a misunderstanding ( death of 34 sailors)”
:)..

Off course US is being hypocritical in this case, as explained by Atiq Rehman

Money should be cut, not just to the army.. but to every facet of our country… and thats when we will get up on our feet… and start our own true economy.. the only way to rise to bottom of the top…Recommend

It seems US has very conveniently forgotten the genocide they committed against the Native Indians by US army, we must make them remember by highlighting on fora like these, otherwise they will keep acting like our masters and treat us as their slaves. The brutality they showed towards the Native Indians cannot even be fathomed in today’s day and age.Recommend

Aid is being blocked to a handful of units not the entire military. Most probably as a pre-emptive act to ward of critics in the US before they announce the $2 billion mult-year package for the Pak military which will have to be passed through congress and the senate. This move is just to appease those congressmen and senators who may raise objections. And they very fact that we all know about Abu Gharaib, the Shah of Irans brutality using American weapons and the US soldiers who were chopping off limbs as trophies atleast goes to show that they are more transparent than we are. People have been court marshalled for those actions, sure many of the superiors have gone away, but how many of the Pak military have been court martialed for what happened in East Pakistan?

This is all politics, and if you want to claim hypocrisy, well it might be. But if the hypocrite has the money, and all your latest toys have made in America written on them, then you cant really complain. Recommend

And what about US ‘abuse’? Or does that not even exist….here’s another conpiracy my friendsRecommend

@ADE, you can not justify the barbaric act of our soldiers by blaming the US Army. The beast soldiers did the horrific thing and that must be condemned. (like the suicide bombings and Taliban’s self-judicial killings are condemned)Recommend

There are good and bad peopel everywhere and pakistan army is no exception. Those guilty of crimes should be punished while those loyal to their duty should be rewarded.Recommend

LOL!!! If the same principle would apply on US army, i am afraid their soldiers would start begging from Afghanis and Iraqis! They are just trying to present themselves as champion of human rights! They forget what they had done in Abu gharib Iraq, Guantanamo bay , Afghanistan and Iraq.They have bombed marriage parties and mosques. Wikileaks have issued the secret reports that revealed the brutal killings of innocence and their own soldiers have committed that some of their fellows killed just for pleasure and enjoy! one example is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sX-QY_Fky0Recommend

Now that America is closer to the year 2011 when it plans to leave Afghanistan, it has ‘rightly’ hinted at the extra judicial killings of Pakistan army. America always remembers these things to ditch the very people it is closely working with. From Saddam to Zia to Noreiaga to Pinochet to Musharraf to Shah of Iran– and for that matter to Taliban — to Kayyani. Recommend

The video is real. The Swatis have more of these videos of unarmed civilians being killed by the pakistani army. But the nationalistic dumbos will keep denying the crimes.Recommend

According to experts, that video is real and keep this in your mind that certain things cannot be faked.Recommend

Most of the comments here are criticizing the fact that US has tried to punish the Human Rights abusers and are completely and willfully,even, ignoring that fact that there was a extra-judicial killing right near the nation’s capital!

Head in the sand syndrome at its best.Recommend