[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Obama threatens Pakistan - Roedad Khan</span></b>[/center]
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->As I listened to President ObamaÃs address to the nation and his wartime rhetoric, I held my breath. He didnât speak softly. His tone was harsh and threatening. He carried a big stick. That was quite obvious. The spontaneous reaction of all those present was that Obama had learned nothing from history and was not going to change course in Afghanistan or Pakistan. As they say, it was deja vu all over again. <b>What he said was no different from what George W Bush had been saying for years.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Aha! Finally the secret is out!!</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>If you want to know what happens to an ill-led and ill-governed, small country, which attaches itself to a powerful country like the United States, visit Pakistan. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Nuclear Pakistan has lost its independence. It is now virtually an American satellite, without its manhood, its honour, its dignity, and its sense of self-respect.</span></b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b><i>The writer is a former federal secretary. Email: roedad@comsats.net.pk, www.roedadkhan.com</i></b>
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