Comments by "agon noga" (@agonnoga6100) on "‘Bhutto was a snake and whispered into Yahya Khan’s ear’" video.

It was Ayub Khan and not Bhutto or Yahya Khan who planted the seeds of Pakistan's breakup. Bhutto was trying to defend Sindh and had good reasons for opposing Mujibur as PM. East Bengal joined Pakistan on the condition that it'll remain an autonomous region in Pakistan. This like the promise to Balochistan was forgotten after formation of Pakistan state. East Bengal which became East Pakistan used to have a higher GDP than West Pakistan in 1947 till early 1960s. East Pakistan gradually became a colony to prop up West Pakistan and its military where Bengalis had negligible presence. Situation of Sindh then and today was very similar to East Pakistan with large economy and little presence in Pakistan Army. Mujibur's 6 points demand was basically two countries under one flag. After Mujibur's big victory in 1970 election the West Pakistanis particularly Bhutto got unnerved as they knew autonomy of East Pakistan would mean Sindh bearing the burden of funding Pakistan government and its humongous military. This is why maximum opposition to Mujibur came from Bhutto and not Yahya Khan who was open to the idea of autonomy to East Pakistan. Mujibur was also open to the idea of two PMs under one flag hence the accusation that Bhutto wanted to be PM doesn't holds good. The reason for breakup of Pakistan was economic. A Bengali economist from Harvard had predicted breakup of Pakistan in 1960 to Ayub Khan, the then military dictator of Pakistan. PS: Yahya Khan was a dimwit propped up by Ayub Khan to keep the president seat warm. He was a drunkard and no leader.
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The authors seem to be unaware that the air strikes from Pakistan were informed to Indian intelligence services by someone from Yahya Khan's government. That strike was pathetic as it was meant to be pathetic. It was a signal to India to commence attack on East Pakistan. Indian military literally entered East Pakistan unopposed and liberated it in 13 days! It took us almost a month to clear Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star. This, is too good to be true unless both India and Pakistan had some understanding in this matter. Pakistan wanted to leave East Bengal but didn't want to surrender to the ragtag civilian militia. This is where India came in. During the signing of surrender, there was not even one Bengali present on that occasion. India, immediately burned all files relating to 1971 war as there were too many skeletons in the cupboard.
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@mlg1279 Yes like A.S.Dulat of RAW and Lt.Gen Asad Durrani of ISI both of whom together wrote a book. It seems you are not aware during the surrender both Pakistani and Indian officers were talking as if it was a school reunion as many served together in the British India Army from which both Pakistan and Indian army emerged.
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@pradeei.g7478 Mingling with surrendered enemies as school reunion is something very wrong particularly the ones who have committed a genocide against their own people. Gen Ayub Khan, Tikka Khan, Niazi etc from Pakistani side and the senior ranking officers from Indian side like Maneckshaw, Jacob, Jagjit Singh all had served in the British India Army. If top Pakistani players simply collapse without a fight and vice versa there is something wrong. This is called match fixing. Who in his right mind will say that they helped enemy win the war?? How many history books mention role of kings of Rajputana, Punjab, Nepal in saving East India Company in 1857??
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@pradeei.g7478 if they killed 100,000 let alone 30,00 000 people and were fighting a pitched battle without supplies for nine months, how much ammunition, fuel and food would they have left with in a hostile country with an extremely hostile population almost all of whom had picked up arms against them?? How long would such army last without any supply surrounded on all sides by an armed to the teeth population?? What would've happened to Pakistan if West Pakistani forces were either defeated or surrendered to a people they considered non martial?? Immediately after 1971, the Pathans and Balochs rose up against Pakistan and same Tikka Khan was sent to crush the rebellion earning him the title of butcher of Balochistan. Why 92 000 regular Pakistani forces and around 1 or 2 lakh more Razakars didn't put up a stiff fight against Indian forces leading to collapse in 13 days?? Why not even an inch of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir was liberated when India liberated East Pakistan with such ease?? East Pakistan wasn't disputed land but POK is our territory. Indian army is far more disciplined and professional than Pakistan army which celebrates Muslim foreign invaders of their country. They name their missiles after foreign occupiers who looked at the local population with contempt.
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@pradeei.g7478 you cannot have the cake and eat it too. One cannot expect complete autonomy and also be the PM. Pakistan army did what all armies do to quell internal dissent. Record of our own army isn't too good in this matter. The British India Army taught their officers and troops to hate the "natives". The Indians and Pakistanis in this army held similar racial feelings against their own countrymen. This was one of the biggest reason for what happened in 1971.
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@pradeei.g7478 There were many Bengali PM and President of Pakistan. It is Bengali Iskander Mirza who made Ayub Khan chief of Pakistan army by promoting him over many senior officers. In return, Ayub Khan stabbed Iskander Mirza on the back. Bengalis, Punjabis, Sindhis, Mohajirs belong to the same race and all these communities are predominantly Indo Aryan with brown skin color. Yes the Pathans look different from these communities. For racial discrimination to happen, people have to live near each other.Here West Pakistan was separated from East by more than 1000 miles of hostile territory. Yes, culturally and ethnically there's lot of difference between West Pakistanis and East Pakistanis. India is an extremely racist society. Best proof of that is our caste system which is an ancient system of Apartheid keeping races from mixing. Even in the Muslim community across South Asia, fair skinned Muslims of foreign origin are considered superior to Muslims of Indian origin.
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@pradeei.g7478 Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs encountered the same things in West Pakistan in 1947 that the Bengalis encountered in 1971. A large part of the population, particularly the ruling elite are Pathans or people of foreign origin. To be fair, Iskander Mirza's ancestors were Arabs. Iskander Mirza, Shurawardi, Bogra etc became PM President etc because Bengalis comprised 54% of the population. This was one of the biggest factor for their becoming PM President etc. You are not aware even today people belonging to lower castes are killed and humiliated for the most trivial reasons. There was a time not too long ago when regularly large number of low caste people used to be killed by upper caste people in UP Bihar. Phoolan Devi became a dacoit because of caste persecution and revenge. She herself was killed as a reprisal for her past caste violence. You have to look at matrimonial advertisements, housing societies to know how much aparthied aka casteism is alive today. West Pakistanis despise anyone from the east of Pakistan which also includes the Mohajirs and Indians. But that wouldn't lead to genocide. A false belief that show of excessive force would lead to cowing down of the population which wanted secession. The biggest mistake West Pakistani forces did was attacking East Pakistani military, paramilitary and police which were cooperating with West Pakistani forces prior to the attack on them at the beginning of Operation Searchlight. The rest is history. And if they indeed despised them so much then why were they so desperate to keep them in Pakistan?? If you look at the pictures of khaki clad West Pakistani troops of 1971 war, they hardly look any different from khaki clad police of UP Bihar.
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@pradeei.g7478 Who is a Pakistani?? By that logic, more than half of today's Pakistan will be free of Pakistanis as bulk of them are as Indic as the Bengalis. It was Bengalis and Muslims of India who played a major role in the creation of Pakistan. Ironically, the Punjabis, Pathans, Balochs and perhaps the Sindhis weren't keen on the idea of Pakistan. If they knew that home for entire Muslims of the Indian subcontinent would be today's Pakistan, they would have opposed formation of Pakistan with tooth and nail. The brother of Pakistani Punjab's CM stood on the railway station preventing any train from India stopping at Punjab. All were directed to Sindh which resulted in the largest slum in the world called Orangi. Pakistan stopped entry of Indian Muslims in 1950 i.e. 3 years after the birth of Pakistan for all the Muslims of the subcontinent. It seems you have rarely moved out of your home. I lived and worked starting from Nariman Point to the most remotest parts of India. The idea of India you have is largely based on government propaganda. People like you need to travel more and experience the reality.
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@mehmano9045 How can West Pakistanis be racist when majority of East and West Pakistanis belong to the same race? Can Ethiopians be racist towards Sudanese as they both belong to the same race?? Yes, the Pathans are a different people who have similar views towards Mohajirs, Punjabis as well. Bengalis being no exception. Ayub Khan, Tikka Khan, Niazi, Yahya Khan were all Pathans. If a Mohajir Musharraf, Punjabi Bajwa, Zia or Kayani were in place of the Khans, things wouldn't have taken such a drastic turn. What the Bengalis experienced in 1971, the Punjabi Sikhs and Hindus had been experiencing for centuries which ended with 1947 partition. If there was such extreme hostility towards the Bengalis, Pakistan would've broken up in 1950 or 51 when there was major agitation over language. Even today there's a large Bengali population in Pakistan who have never complained anything about racism. Entire southern coastal region of Pakistan called Makran has a large population of African origin people. The people close to the areas bordering India where temperatures reach 50 degrees Celsius people there generally tend to have very dark skin on both sides of the border. No one complains of racism. Bangladeshis like Pakistanis and Indians are a mixed lot where on average they have slight built, medium to short height and brown skin with yellowish tinge. Indians did nothing. Pakistanis, particularly fat headed Pathan generals of Pakistan army and Bhutto screwed up very big time. Bengalis didn't want Bangladesh but autonomy under 6 points which could have been greatly watered down if Mujibur became PM and Pakistan army put pressure on him. It is only when the West Pakistani army attacked the East Pakistani civilians, military, paramilitary and police that the war cry for Bangladesh was raised.
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