The American air operation that saw the end of Bin Laden in Pakistan is certainly food for thought. The fact that the worlds number one criminal was holed up just about 100km from the Pakistan capital close to the Pakistan Military academy cannot be just an 'intelligence failure'. It is something more sinister.I recollect Ronald Reagan the US President in the eighties referring to the Soviet Union as 'the evil empire'. The Soviet Union collapsed in a heap because of its internal contradictions, but Reagan was perhaps right in his own way.
I will digress and add Pakistan to that 'evil empire' It certainly is with all the support it gives to the most wanted criminals like Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz and a host of others. Mostly Bin Laden was also under its aegis. The Pakistan army and its creation the ISI were certainly aware of Laden hiding in Abottabad. Possibly the place just about 200 meters from the gate of the Academy was also chosen by the Pak Army. The fact that he lived there for 5/6 years should open the eyes of the Americans.
The ISI in its blind hatred for India can do anything. It engineered the Mumbai blasts and certainly gave safe haven to Osama in the hope to use him as a pawn later on. Seeing the poker face of General Kayini makes me laugh. Here was a man who headed the ISI earlier and now claiming he didn't know about how Osama holed up in Abottabad ! Fact is pals, I could die laughing on a bed of nails at the perfidy being hidden by Kayini and his cohorts. Do they think everybody is a fool?
There is no doubt that elements of the Pakistan military establishment knew of Osama being in Abottabad and what is worse they put him up close to their academy. Nothing more safe than that. But they hadn't calculated on the incompetence of the Pakistan Air Defence. Pakistani Air force certainly deserves a cake in this episode. That just shows the man behind the machine matters. The Paki officer class used to a life of political power and perks of office have lost their professional elan.
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