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Monday, July 18, 2011

[chottala.com] Slanderous rumors against Dr.Dipu Moni -- false propaganda by Jamat /BNP...............



Jul 18, 2011 10:40 pm


 
Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar
Dr. Dipu Moni is a dignified lady ....... 
Why are you slandering against her repeatedly? 
Are you an agent of Tarek-Babor Hawa Bhobon gang ????? 
You have been indulging in malicious and baseless propaganda ..... 
The people of Bangladesh knows about BNP-Jamaat slander,
rumor and propaganda factories and their operatives very
well .... no one belives you, even your BNP-collegues do not
believe you  [they let you do false propaganda works, because
they think that, only through downright falsehood, they can keep
their cadres occupied and keep them loyal....]
 
FYI, academically, Dr. Dipu Moni is highly accomplished:
In addition to her MBBS degree from Dhaka Medical College,  
the country's premier Medical School, she has MPH degree from
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland and a LLM degree
from London University .... Dr Dipu Moni has undertaken
specialised courses at Johns Hopkins and also at Harvard
university on Negotiations and Conflict Resolution.
 
Just compare her academic acheivements with your matric-fail
Madam and two of her lutera sons .....
 
Dr. Dipu Moni is an honorable lady .... and your attemped slanders
are nothing more than:
BNP_Kohilo.JPG 
Keep dreaming {Gache kanthal, gofe tel} ...........:
 
 
GhopeTel.JPG 
If you are hoping to be rewarded, when Dr. Yunus becomes
the President of Bangladesh (?)  ......  I can bet, that will never happen, not in your life-time............ Dr. Yunus is not interested in
politics any more after his maiden venture in Nagorik Sakti in
2008 during Moin-Fakor regime ....
 
In any case, no matter what happens, Dr. Yunus is not going to pamper Tarek-Babor-Koko-HawaBhobon affairs ....... [ Gure bali 
for you Mister Netzero Mohiuddin Anwar!!!!!]
 
Oh Yeah !!!!  In politics everything is possible ......in the near
future BNP of today will have the same fate as it's predecessor 
Muslim League .........sooner or later !!!!!
 
Thanks for your patience ......
  
Syed Aslam
 
 
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:
Mr. Aslam,
 
Are you an agent of current  oppresive Hasina regime ?
Why you defending Dipu Moni repeatedly ?
Let the Embassy of Bangladesh clarify Dr. Dipu Moni's "Adom" issue.
Most Bangladeshis believed the story(even when it became partally true)
My understanding isthat, your favorite Minister Dr. Dipu Moni (MBBS)will be unwelcome in USA at least for the time being until Bangladesh government convince the Obama administration about the mistreatment of honorable Bangladeshi Noble winner Dr. Mohammad Yunus.
Who knows Dr. Yunus might become the President of Bangladesh while Hasina becomes the leader of the opposition in the Parliament.
In politics everything is possible.
 
Thanks.
 
 


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Syed_Aslam3 <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
To: Khobor <khabor@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [KHABOR] Re: Slanderous rumors against Dr.Dipu Moni - false propaganda by Jamat /BNP............
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:53:09 -0400

 

Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar
 
Your innuendoes about Ambassador Susan Rice's comment (refusal)  is based on blatant lies.
"By putting such false information, you have actually exposed your overtly malicious intent to mislead others"
 
Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar, you have failed to produce any documentary evidence (links)  to support your statements.
 
The Bangladesh Foreign Ministry emphasized that "check out the facts which will make it clear that the contents are not only baseless, deeply flawed and erratic but also put forward in the said article with an ulterior motive to undermine the Foreign Minister and to mislead the readers. .....this basically refutes all of your contensions including your so-called Adams matters...
 
If you still have concerns, you have to be factual .......not false alligations .......
 
BTW, about your Adam issue you can ask your bossom-buddy BNP-Jamaat stalwart Comm. Anis, how he entered USA as an Adam and passed his time as an "illegal" before making his "kagog".
 
Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar, thanks again for exposing yourself as a purveyor of false rumors and
slanders ......
 
PS: Mr. Mohiuddin.
The burden of proof is on you and you have failed to provide
a single document supporting your propaganda .....
 
You have mentioned :  "Ambassador Susan Rice's comment"
but have  failed to quote that with any plausible reference.
 
 
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:

Mr. Aslam,
 
You answered the first issue , thanks for that answer, but according to that  report, there was some Adam to accompany Dr. Dipu Moni to NY conference. What happened to the application(if any) of those Adam's visas?
Did Ambassador Susan Rice refused Dr. Dipu Moni (MBBS)'s presence in that conference and she remarked that her(dr. Dipu Moni's) presence was not needed in that conference.
If you have answer to this important questions, please let me know. Bangladesh Foreign MInistry did not answer those questions yet.
Thanks again for defending Dr. Dipu Moni
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Syed_Aslam3 <syed.aslam3@gmail.com>
To: Khobor <khabor@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Slanderous rumors against Dr.Dipu Moni - false propaganda by Jamat/BNP............
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:58:46 -0400

Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar
 
Please Read:
Ministry of foreign Affairs rejoinder
It clearly says:
"It appears that the article is a compilation of hearsays and misinformation
     that badly lacks objectivity, and is full of blatant lies    .... "

Why you keep slandering against Dr. Dipu Moni ?
The burden of proof is on you and you have failed to provide
a single document supporting your propaganda .....
 
You have mentioned :  "Ambassador Susan Rice's comment"
bur have  failed to quote that with plausible reference.
 
Obviously, your statement was baseless :your objective was
to circulate slanderous propaganda manufactured in BNP-Jamaat
rumor mill.Your business as usual !!!!!!
 
BTW, no one believes your slanderous propaganda, even the staunch
BNP activits, but some of them  use it to cater their party's short term goals ....
[ impress the pary caders and bosses]
Your use of the word "whatever the story" confirms that !!!!
Are you a supporter of Hawa Bhobon (Tarek-Babor) idiology ?
 
Thanks
 
Syed Aslam
From: Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
Date: Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Re: Dr.Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false p ropaganda by Jamat/BNP............
r.  Aslam,
 
Why you keep trying to defend Dipu Moni ?
Bangladesh Embassy, USA should do this job.
Are you a supporter of Awami/BKSALI idiology ?
You still did not provide any document/statement to support your claim yet.
My understanding is that, whatever the story , most people believed the story.
Instead of frequent visit to USA, Dipu Moni should visit India frequently.


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Syed_Aslam3 <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
To: Khobor <khabor@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [KHABOR] Re: Dr.Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP............
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:30:57 -0400

Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar
The bottom line is:
You have failed to substantiate the rumor with any authentic and independent
evidence .... As I have said before, this rumor was manufactured in a BNP-Jamaat
rumor mill - engineered by  Abu Zafar Mahmood, USA
 
Please Read:
Ministry of foreign Affairs rejoinder
 
BTW, can you tell us verbatim what  Ambassador Susan Rice's comment
was, if there was any ?
 
 
 
Thanks
 
Syed Aslam
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:
Mr. Syed Aslam,

Dipu Moni is not that important to US media (CNN, CBS,ABC) that they will broadcast such visa denioal story for US viewers.
Interestingly Dipu Moni and Bangladesh's Foreoign Ministry remained silent on this visa denial story.
One simple statement  from Foreign Ministry could have cleared this story to all of us.
From: Syed_Aslam3 <syed.aslam3@gmail.com>
To: Khobor <khabor@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Dr.Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:19:48 -0400
Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar
 
Now, you are saying ".It was widely reported by the internet news sources" .......
It sounds like a heresy-evidence ....... why don't you give the reference (Links)  to this
news in an authentic international media ....... The visa denial to the Foreign Minister
of Bangladesh would have been a headline news in world media (CVS, NBC, AP, AFP,
CNN, Guardian, BBC etc ......).
Evidently, this a rumor originated in a Jamaat/BNP factory engineered by one -Abu Zafar Mahmood, USA . BTW, what are your "internet news sources" ? Are those the
webs of Jamaati/BNP  propaganda machines & networks ?????? 
 
You are saying "BAKSALIS always try to defend other BAKSALI"  .......
How about yourself ? You are a well known BNP operative in the DC area ...
Aren't you trying to promote propaganda & rumors to serve narrow BNP
strategy and tactics in your own unique way ???
 
Hope, it will pay off,  if BNP ever get it's Pous Mash  !!!!
[Remember, Tarek-Kokor Pous Mash, Bangladesher Sarbonash !]
 
Thanks for your patience.
 
Syed Aslam
Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:
Mr. Syed Aslam,

Miss. Susan Rice U.S. Representative to UN said Dipu Moin's presense was not necessary for the UN conference at that time and she was denied visa with a big delegation .It was widely reported by the internet news sources. Her delegation included some Adam who might have a plan to stay in the USA.
FYI: Dipu Moni said nothing about this story. What does it mean ?
BAKSALIS always try to defend other BAKSALI that's the reality.
My advise to Dipu Moni: She should visit Delhi(Her Murubbi) with a huge delegation frequently  to express her aligience, that might help her party.

Sincerely,.


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From: Syed_Aslam3 <syed.aslam3@gmail.com>
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 12:14:35 -0400


Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
As always, the burden of proof is on the accuser , the propagators of the false rumor, Mr. Anwar et el,  in this case.... As such, Mr.Anwar and his cohorts should have produced the
 evidence ....
Obviously, it a false rumor manufactured at some Jamaat/BNP-facility ... and
Mr. Mohiuddin Anwar would not be able to produce any evidence in support of
this false propaganda  ........
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:

Do you have any evidence that Dipu Moni was not denied U.S. visa request?
Please submit your evidence.

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From: Mohammad Hossain <mhossain52@yahoo.com>
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com


Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:46:20 -0700 (PDT
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mohamm-ad Hossain <mhossain52@yahoo.com>
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:46:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
 
 

These are garbage news at least in the eye of diplomatic affairs. Dipu Moni even for her personal matter has the access to use her status. Thanks.


From: "osmani@aol.com" <osmani@aol.com>
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, July 8, 2011 4:27:07 AM
Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP

 

Thanks for the footnotes....excellent comments...



-----Original Message-----
From: Saiduzzaman, Muhammad <msaiduzzaman@cwcems.com>
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 6:40 am
Subject: RE: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP

 
My fellow Countrymen,
If our internet identities can assume to be correct, chances are that you're a Bangladeshi/Bengali and quite familiar with whom are the people I am speaking of. These are village bums, often made up with primary and/or high school drop outs, self proclaimed Mr. Know it all, always seem to hang out at the neighborhood Tea/Pan stalls, sipping tea and busy solving world problems while ignoring the needs of their own loved ones and totally unaware of whereabouts of their own offspring. Some of the readers/contributors of Khabors are nothing but upscale spun off the same breeds. Please brothers let's get a life and make good us of our time. Who gives a crap about "Visa Denials Story" of Dipo Moni? There is always going to be someone out there who thinks Jamat-e-Islam had caused Tsunami in Japan and Tornado in Alabama.    
 
 
Muhammad Saiduzzaman
 

From: khabor@yahoogroups.com [mailto:khabor@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Abdul Mannan
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:27 AM
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
 
 
Once I held a Red Passport and happen to have a five  year US visa. I always had a long term US and UK visa. I wrote from my experience. Dipu Moni I think has other things to do than get involved in unnecessary Visa debate.

Mannan
 
2011/4/27 Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
 
s
Why honorable Dipu Moni saying nothing about this USA visa issue ?
Why she is silent ?

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From: Mohammed Ramjan <mramjan@hotmail.com>
To: Khabor group <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, <abman1971@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:31:33 -0400

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From: Mohammed Ramjan <mramjan@hotmail.com>
To: Khabor group <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, <abman1971@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:31:33 -0400
Subject: RE: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
 
Visa status not necessarily always for 5 years it can be one year also for USA specially with regards to RED PASSPORT (DIPLOMATIC ONE)
 
Thanks
 
Mohammed Ramjan Ali Bhuiyan Kuwait
 

To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
From: abman1971@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:29:28 -0700
Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP

 
Just for information of those concerned. Anyone who is of Dipu Moni's stature, always has a five year US visa. Just let us not us confuse things unnecessarily. One may have all the opinions, good or adverse against the government or the Dr. Yunus. But why unnecessarily make an issue of nonsenses.

Mannan
2011/4/24 Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
 

Dear Dr. Mohsin Ali,

FYI :Internet news source Khabor.com is well known Awami/Baksali news media.
If you have any other independent source please provide me that information about Dipu Mini's visa denial.
I would rather trust Ittefaq/Manazamin/Prothom Alo/Amader Shomoy story.
If you can provide any single story of denial by Dipu Moni or Foreign Ministry spokesman. please provide the story for readers info.

Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Mohiuddin Anwar

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From: "Dr. M. Mohsin Ali" <drmohsinali@yahoo.com>
To: Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
Subject: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:49:18 -0700 (PDT)

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From: "Dr. M. Mohsin Ali" <drmohsinali@yahoo.com>
To: Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:49:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP

 

 


Please check it here. It was given to you and all before.
 

--- On Sat, 4/23/11, Dr. M. Mohsin Ali <drmohsinali@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Dr. M. Mohsin Ali <drmohsinali@yahoo.com>
Subject: Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011, 12:00 AM
 
 
Dr. Dipu Moni was not denied US Visa - It is a false propaganda by Jamat/BNP razakar journalists/writers. Please check the link below.
 
Infact, the US Govt. was not angry for sacking Dr. Yunus from Grameen Bank. It was done with the GREEN SIGNALS from the US Government. You will see the proof in the next few months.
 
US and other Western Governments and Organizations, especially, Secretary Hillary Clinton, are annoyed with Dr. Yunus's childish behaviors. Like a crying baby, Dr. Yunus, always goes to the BIG POWERS again and again for their favors and tries to use the big powers even for small causes which ultimately benefits him only, not the country, not the people.
 
The world's most powerful woman, US Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Clinton and others are really tired of nagging of Dr. Yunus for his personal benefits. Due to his personal relationships, Dr. Yunus has been manupulating Hillary and Bill Clinton's powers and images and America's super power and thus he has been able to manipulate other world powers and organizations for his own benefits.
 
Now those dear friends of Dr. Yunus have understood that enough is enough for Dr. Yunus. But they do not want to abruptly dump him. US policy is always two-sword policy (overt and covert). Mrs. Clinton and her associates gave a green signal secretly to the Bangladesh Government and openly warning Bangladesh Government and shedding tears for removing Dr. Yunus from Grameen Bank.
 
It is a plain simple. Bangladesh Government may not have that courage and guts to openly challenge and defy the US warning coming directly from the Secretary Hillary Clinton, US Congressmen and Senators and other world leaders and continue the process of sacking Dr. Yunus from Grameen Bank.
 
This is not happened all on a sudden. The process of removing Dr. Yunus has began about 2 years ago and Bangladesh Government has been in close contact with the US Government over the whole episode of removing Dr. Yunus.
 
If it is really true that the Bangladesh Government has removed Dr. Yunus without any green signals from the USA and defied US real warnings, then I salute the Bangladesh Government without judging whether removal of Dr. Yunus from Grameen Bank was right or wrong or legal or illegal. At least, the Bangladesh Government has shown its courage and guts to stand up against the foreign super powers' aggression being a poor and small country.
 
Thank you.
 
Dr. Mohsin Ali.
 
 



 



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Kissinger blighted millions as U.S. jockeyed for position


Special to The Japan Times
HONG KONG — Henry Kissinger has distilled many words of wisdom from four millennia of Chinese civilization, and several centuries of Western diplomacy, including almost half a century of personal experience at the sharp end of power politics. He has captured headlines and captivated some of the world's best commentating minds with his 580-page book "On China."

Most reviews and comments have been favorable, though professor Andrew Nathan in the upcoming Foreign Affairs neatly dismisses the tome as "really neither history nor memoir. Its purpose is to argue that the United States should yield gracefully to China's rise in order to avoid a tragic conflict."
This month marks 40 years since Kissinger feigned sickness in Pakistan and made a secret flight to China to pave the way for President Richard Nixon's historic visit to the country the following year. For me, Kissinger's biggest failure is what he omits.
By the fawning way he used Pakistan as his launchpad, Kissinger's diplomacy was also helping to perpetrate one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century, the slaughter of about 1.5 million people and the flight of 10 million refugees whose only crime was to express their wish for democracy through the ballot box and peaceful protests.
Yet, there is no mention in the book, not a sentence of regret, not a word of apology, not even a passing note that the bloody birth of Bangladesh was brought about because Kissinger, reaching out to China, simultaneously encouraged the Pakistan military to butcher the people of East Pakistan, as it then was. It is their tragic 40th anniversary, too.
To set out the facts, in December 1970 the Bengalis of East Pakistan, separated by 1,600 km of Indian territory from West Pakistan, where the military lived and ruled, voted overwhelmingly in the freest and fairest elections Pakistan had seen for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League, which stood on a platform of greater autonomy — not independence — from West Pakistan.
The Awami League won 160 of the 162 seats from East Pakistan, giving it an overall majority in the 300-member constituent assembly for Pakistan.
For the next three months there was deadlock as President General Yahya Khan and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, leader of the People's Party, which had majorities in two of the four provinces of West Pakistan, played obstructionist games about the terms on which the assembly would meet to arrange a new civilian constitution.
The deadlock was broken when Yahya sent troops to arrest Mujib and his key lieutenants and let the army loose on East Pakistan. Tanks were sent to deal with Dhaka University students, who had been active in protests against the military regime. The army set fire to apartments and then mowed down their fleeing occupants. The military reign of terror spread far and wide beyond the cities. The World Bank said whole villages had just ceased to exist.
By all eyewitness accounts the soldiers conducted mass murder and rape. Estimates of the dead range up to 3 million. About 200,000 women were raped and almost 10 million Bengalis fled to refugee camps in India.
One gruesome picture showed a bloated crow hopping on piles of corpses, its glittering eye contrasting with the bulging sightless eyes of the dead.
The rest of the world condemned the atrocities and sent aid for the refugees. Nixon and Kissinger said nothing but kept supplying aid, including military aid, to West Pakistan and encouraged other countries to divert military hardware to Pakistan when public opinion and Congress tried to block U.S. military deliveries. Kissinger sent a message to Yahya praising his "delicacy and tact" in Operation Searchlight, as the Pakistan Army called the crackdown. In July 1971, Kissinger objected to the idea that the Pakistan army should get out of civilian administration in East Pakistan to help the relief efforts, claiming, "Why is it our business how they govern themselves?"
Archer Blood, the U.S. consul-general in East Pakistan, and his entire staff were so appalled at the callous attitude of their own government that, in April, Blood sent the rightly famous eponymous cable of dissent: "Our government has failed to denounce the suppression of democracy. Our government has failed to denounce atrocities ... Our government has evidenced what many will consider moral bankruptcy ... But we have chosen not to intervene, even morally, on the grounds that the Awami conflict, in which unfortunately the overworked term genocide is applicable, is purely an internal matter of a sovereign state..."
For his courage, Blood was called a "pansy" by Kissinger, silenced, recalled early and transferred.
Kissinger continued to support Yahya and the Pakistan military through thick and thin, beyond the need for Pakistan's good offices in opening the door to China. As war between Pakistan and India, strained by the costs of housing and feeding the refugees, loomed toward the end of 1971, Kissinger was urging China not to be "a silent spectator" at the impending dismemberment of its ally Pakistan.
Kissinger was wrong at almost every turn, even if he could justify the murder and mayhem of Bengali civilians, women and children to satisfy his diplomatic ego.
He was wrong to see India or Indira Gandhi as a Soviet stooge. Whatever her many faults, Gandhi was never anyone's stooge, and anyone with any understanding of India would see in it a civilization as rich and historic as China's.
He was wrong, and insulting to both countries, to imagine that East Pakistan "would become a Bhutan" — how shallow to compare a tiny Himalayan kingdom with a teeming country of 100 million people in the floodplain of the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers.
He was wrong to assume that India would move on with Soviet backing to carve up West Pakistan and upset the political balance of the whole area as far as the Middle East.
He was wrong to regard Bangladesh as an eternal "basket-case" economy that would forever need foreign aid, although the original expression was not his.
Bangladesh will struggle to reach middle-income status, but is on the way there. Bangladeshis are proving that they may not be as intelligent as Kissinger, but they are brighter, more economically productive and less destructive than Pakistani generals.
He was wrong to support the Pakistan military. It is a mystery how someone as intelligent as Kissinger could support a group so stubborn and stupid as the top Pakistani generals under Yahya Khan. By doing so, he set the precedent for military might as a substitute for political negotiations, for Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to disregard the wishes of the electorates in Baluchistan and the North West Frontier Province, and later for the army to overthrow and execute Bhutto.
If the United States had persuaded Yahya Khan to concede autonomy and even independence to East Bengal, then it would have saved the deaths and devastation of one of the world's poorest areas that had been damaged by decades of misrule by the Pakistan military. It would have improved America's standing in the world, boosted its relations with India and changed the culture in Pakistan.
Perhaps then, the whole history of Pakistan's troubled frontier areas with Afghanistan would have been changed before Islamic extremists appeared on the scene.
Equally dangerously, a few years later in the mid-1970s Kissinger missed the signals coming from Afghanistan. Afghanistan's then President Sardar Mohammed Dauod gave me an interview, pleading for renewed American interest and investment to counteract the Soviet economic domination that Daoud himself had originally encouraged.
If he talked to a small-fry newspaper editor — I was founder-editor of Business Times in Malaysia — Daoud must have tried to get the message out to people who could influence politics and investment flows.
Was Kissinger asleep or just dreaming of his global realpolitik that he missed a chance to effect a practical change to a dangerous world?
Daoud was overthrown in 1978 by leftists who were a precursor to Soviet-backed communist rule, and to the creation of U.S.-fomented Islamic rebels using Pakistan as a base and Pakistan army and intelligence and U.S. supplies as their weapons. The rest is not merely history, but continues to haunt the whole world today.
Dr. Realpolitik Kissinger, in defiance of all the proud traditions of his adopted country, did not give a damn about democracy. He will no doubt reply that "On China" is about China, the differences between Chinese diplomacy based on the game of wei qi, which teaches the art of strategic encirclement, rather than chess (which Kissinger should know originated in India, 13 centuries before Clausewitz), with its concepts of clashes and total victory, and his meandering meetings with Chinese leaders over the past 40 years, and definitely not about Bengalis who got in the way.
But what is diplomacy that does not have regard for the people it affects, and who are diplomats who regard millions of victims as mere collateral damage?
Kissinger may not be the monster who was Mao Zedong, responsible for 40 million to 70 million deaths of his Chinese comrades. But it would have been good if in his declining years Kissinger had been humble enough to acknowledge and apologize to those whose lives he blighted by his pursuit of power.
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Kevin Rafferty covered the East Pakistan cyclone and 1970 elections and the Bangladesh war of 1971 for the Financial Times.








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