SAVE THE DOC!

I am not against any country but I am certainly against certain people or groups of people. For one, I am dead against anyone who is coward enough to kill innocent people. Osama Bin Laden was one of those. He was one of the most cowardly people who ever burdened this earth. He not only had the wrong notion of meting out justice to one and all, he was physically coward, too. He never fought any real battle all his life and lived a sheltered life, largely comfortable. He fully indulged in materialistic comforts and luxuries of life and did not show any signs of sainthood, if ever that has meant anything to anyone.

Pakistan, a country I do admire for many reasons, played a dirty game by hosting Osama and offering him safe haven, right next to the portals from where officers of the Pakistan Army pass out! Was it by default or by design? Whatever it was, it was ironic.

I personally admire courage and guts. There are some instances when countries have not cowered down in the face of terror. The US and Israel merit special mention for their daring raids beyond enemy lines on many occasions. Remember Entebbe? Israel literally conducted a class for the entire world, wherein Idi Amin and Palestine terrorists were made specimens. Operation Neptune Spear, similarly, will go down in the history of mankind as a master stroke by elite SEAL commandos. A to Z of this operation was a near perfect 10, spread over many months, rather years.

But the Pak doctor, Shakeel Afridi, who helped US pin down Laden has been handsomely rewarded by Pak government with 33 years in jail and $ 3,500 for spying for the strategic ally of Pak, the US! Afridi helped the CIA use a vaccination campaign in an attempt to collect DNA samples from residents of Bin Laden's compound in the city of Abbottabad to verify the al Qaeda leader's presence there.

Now the US must hand down another lesson to Pakistan by saving Dr Shakeel Afridi who deserves to be rewarded and decorated for his services to humanity. Americans can do it and they must act to save Afridi, for therein lies salvation of their future operations. They must act to protect their asset. If they fail, the world will not forgive them for letting down their associates.