A classic case of poison pill. For the last six or seven decades, the United States has toppled democratically elected Governments all over the world, supported nefarious/shady dictators/rulers and pushed away the moderate elements of the society in countries such as Pakistan - all with a single purpose of defeating the commies. Well, the infamous words of Rev. Wright that "America's chickens have come home to roost" is not far from the truth, is it?
I remember so vividly going to Swat as part of my school's field trip. Even as a little kid in the fifth grade I could appreciate and be mesmerized by the beauty I was witnessing, almost as described in James Hilton's "Lost Horizon". Azure sky blanketing the entire lush green valley with colorful square homes at the edge of the Swat river. I slipped and fell in the river off of a large round rock and my teacher had to pull me out, having to wrap me in her shawl. The water was cold, but somehow I felt baptized in it.
All I have left of that trip are these memories, some faded black and white pictures and a very heavy heart that's unable to reconcile them with what's happening there today.
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