The Public Platform "THE War of Lethal Weapons"

The Public Platform

"THE War of Lethal Weapons"                            

    

By:-Misbaah Hashmi

Email: - misbahaalia2@gmail.com

                                                              

         

The horrible reality of terrorism had become an almost unbeatable challenge for the global world, particularly to South Asians nations. The shapes of terrorism have changed but essence is the same. Bloodshed, uncertainty, to weak the will of state by victimizing the innocent citizens. Terrorist organizations had been affecting local, regional and international peace from their inception. On, one hand acting as silent killer either in Islamic countries or western countries turning to devastation of human capital as well as material capital. The lethal impacts of terrorism evident are in the whole world.

Though, terrorism posses great security challenge to the modern state system. As non-state actors has been racking havoc of terrorism at the state actors. This modern war fare has been labeled as the 4^th generation of wars. This is the war of winning mind and souls of the citizens. During this war false dreams are used as psychological tool to spiritually and socially pollute the mindset of the modern citizens.

So, can this war be won by applying traditional tools of warfare against an invisible enemy? Is the piling of heaps of lethal weapons and directing against the state actors mitigate the threat posed by the monster of terrorism.

The long journey of organized terrorism unleashed ethnic, lingual, regional and political or religious confrontation. The concept of "Maxilien Robespierre" usher the terrorism and can we deny the "Sicarri", (Jewish Group) "Hashhashin" assassination of Abbasid, Seljuk. "Subdue by terror the enemies of Liberty and you will be right as founder of the Republic". So, the foundation of modern terrorism which believes the violence will build a better system.

The main motive was to affect the politics but opened a new world of violence. The six phases of French revolution 1789 to 1799 and "Russian Revolution" 1917 to 9/11 incident engulfed the South Asian's countries peace and changed the world scenario. Now we are countering Bioterrorism, Nuclear, terrorism, cyber terrorism, eco-terrorism, Norco-terrorism and state terrorism at local, national and international level. As far as Pakistan is concerned, it had to join US-LED war against terrorism under the doctrine of necessity in the era of President Musharraf to counter terrorism. Pakistan had waged war against terrorism and paid heavy price at the cost of human capital as well as material capital: 70 thousand civilians and military persons were martyred and suffered loss to the tune of 40 billion US dollars, argue the competent analyst.

The question pinch our memories is that why world had spent or lost the two trillion dollars in war against terrorism and reshaped the Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Libya, Syria and targeting terrorist groups at any cost. The answer is simple. The desperate attacks and evil attempts by terrorist groups had invoked. Security threats for western countries as well as South Asian countries it is a bitter reality that a defense policy of one country proved offensive policy for another country. To promote the national interests of one's own country has to adopt inflexible behaviors. As for as the South Asian region is concerned, it has two main players and game changers: Pakistan and India. Both countries are Nuclear powers and have long history of cultural, religious, lingual, regional differences. Pakistan has bitter experiences of 1965, 1971, 1998 from the very first day. Pakistan has been at the target of Indian state aggression. So, both countries adopted aggressive defense and foreign policies. Pakistan has disparity of 1 into 5 in the conventional warfare terms. The war of 1971 compelled Pakistan to go for nuclear warfare project. It was primarily policy to thwart the evil designs of aggression of Indian state policy. The launching of Ballistic Missile Naseir is infect a defensive response to mitigate the threat posed by Indian policy postures to disturb the balance of power in the south Asian region. That was inevitable to maintain the nuclear power in the south region. After a long struggle Nasir Missile experiment became a constructive foreign policy of Pakistan. On this occasion the appraisal remarks of General Qamar javed Bajwa enhance the model of Pakistani team concerning the Nasir Missile. It is a good step to counter the heinous designs of Indian State. But it is a painful strategic development. It would certainly leads to acceleration of threat perception on either side of the Indo Pak border.

Can this defuse the prevailing tension between the two countries? Can this policy paradigm of both states serve as a tool of salvation by piling of lethal weapons? The present scenario deserves to be change. The wise step would be to reduce the race of piling up weapons. The hovering threats always erupt from socio economic backwardness instead of possessive files of weapons. So being a nation and a state our salvation lie in humanism, progressivism and enlightenment instead of free production of lethal weapon. The major cause of concern South Asian's people lies in sustainable regional cooperation's and democratic countries promotes fundamental rights at all level and both countries should be urgent advocator of humanism and take urgent steps for collective of the region by promoting peace and tranquility.

Though, weapons are essential to thwart the threat of war against state actors. Yet it must not be forgotten that terrorism is largely designed and executed by the non-state actors. So, the new policy tool must be collective and sustainable war against the heinous, lethal philosophies and ideologies. This would also ultimately lead to the end of the war of lethal weapons.