Pakistan's Diversion Of U.S.' Monetary Aid

The report in the New York Times, which accuses Pakistan of misusing the monetary aid, worth billions of dollars, granted by the U.S. to combat the dreadfulness of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, is unsurprising. The Pakistani military's untrustworthiness and surreptitious association with terrorists for furtherance of its objectives in the region is a well-documented fact, replete with credible evidence. India 's rightful standpoint on this issue, which has remained intact for several years, is being ultimately acknowledged by the pivotal capitals of the Western world. The raison d'être for the unsuccessfulness of the war against terrorism on many counts so far is the Pakistani military's adroitly half-baked attitude and determination to eradicating terrorism from its own soil and from the areas bordering Afghanistan, especially in the North West Frontier. This unsettling development, which to many in the Indian defence sector, is an open secret, only serves to highlight the need for India to be cagey in its dealings with Musharraf's Pakistan . The utilisation of American financial help to purchase ultra-sophisticated weaponry is indicative of the predictable 'siege mentality' of the Pakistani defence establishment, which still views India as a severe threat that needs to be obliterated, notwithstanding almost four years of thaw in bilateral relations.