STEVE PIECZENIK TALKS

Israel and Pakistan: Doppelgangers!  Jewish/Muslim Identical Twins!

As I receive the constant entrails of vitriolic letters from ‘ex-friends’, ‘acquaintances’ and  so-called, “Jewish supporters of Israel”,  who found my comparison between Israel’s incessant bombing of Gaza’s innocent civilians as comparable to the Nazis Blitzkrieg “terror bombing” of  Guernica, ‘appalling’ , I began to realize that none of them really had any idea how the Zionist state came about.

I thought hard and long about this subject and came up with a profound insight.

Israel was created by the British at about the same time and for the same reason as Pakistan was.  Next I delved further into that insight and realized that both countries possessed nuclear weapons. The Israelis had close to 200 plus nuclear weapons and the Pakistanis had about 150 plus.  Both countries were continuously obsessed with fighting real, imaginary or more importantly,  self-created enemies, usually terrorist groups like Hamas for Israel and Haqqani Network for the Pakistanis.

There’s more.  Let’s not forget that both countries relied heavily on American military and CIA support and funding to the tune of 3.5 billon a year for Israel and 26 Billion for Pakistan over ten years [in order to bribe them to fight al-Qaeda].  Both countries are dependent on a military industrial complex and a political elite which controls, dominates and determines civilian life.

In effect, both countries have been in serious economic trouble with the mass majority of Israeli citizens unable to afford a normal standard of living .. .. similar to the Pakistanis. Both countries, live and die by the paranoia of self-created enemies: for Pakistan,  India’s sole existence is to exacerbate the nation state of Pakistan; for Israel, Palestine is there to justify the reified concept of ‘destruction of the state of Israel’.

Amazing parallels.

How and why could this happen?
I think that both countries have never really matured beyond the state of a primitive hostile ethnic tribal affiliation where survival at all expense was the sole mandate for development.  If one looks at the Israel research and development capabilities,  there is no question that they have developed many amazing technologies---UAV; desalination plants; internet tracking; and cyber security.  Pakistan has been less impressive in their scientific R & D programs, primarily revolving around Dr Kahn’s world-wide collusive enterprises in order to make a nuclear bomb with the help of the ‘saintly Benazir Bhutto’ and North Korea… and the CIA.

Where do these doppelganger’s –one Jewish and the other Sunni Muslim stand today?
At their current rate,  both countries are on a path of self-destruction. Wars do not progress civil societies.  In fact, both Judaic and Islamic Extremism will dominate the fate of both Pakistan and Israel;  and in my humble opinion will eventually seal their respective destinies into a ‘back to the future mode’ where civil society will be dominated by ersatz religious diktats.

However,  if there were wise men, or women, it would behoove both countries to officially recognize each other,  as General Musharraff had once desired years ago.  These countries need something called leadership for a peaceful and prosperous 21st century.  Such mutual recognition would work to establish a Muslim Jewish collaboration model for the future of both South Asia and the Middle East.  

Shalom and Inshallah!