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P4 – PAKISTAN LINK – JANUARY 29, 2021 OPINION
Pakistan Link n By Mowahid Hussain Shah Dark Journey

rump has left the White
Advisory Board House with a tarnished leg-
Dr Sohail Masood Tacy. But, in doing so, he has
President also sullied America.

Arif Zaffar Mansuri The “Save
ArifMansuri@PLpublications.org America” pitch is
essentially “Save
Editor White America.”
Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui Homegrown ter-
afaruqui@pakistanlink.com ror is making the
spectre of outside
Editor Urdu Link & Bureau Chief (Pakistan) threats almost as an
Shabbir Ghori outdated cultural depiction.
urdulink@yahoo.com A man determined to build a
wall between Mexico and the United
Resident Editor Urdu Link
& Director Video Operations States has succeeded in erecting an
Anwar Khawaja invisible wall dividing Americans
akhawaja@pakistanlink.com from Americans.
The terminology of terrorism

Manager Sales & Advertising was, in effect, almost specifically de-
sales@pakistanlink.com signed and weaponized to target and
smear Muslims. Now, in the wake of
Regional Offi ces
the coordinated January 6 rampage,
which scared the living daylights of
YKKB Congressmen inside the besieged The blowback signs were there American polity and society, with its Pulitzer Prize-winning jour-

ykkb03@gmail.com US Capitol, the term has now been in plain sight. Underestimated has paranoid anger, fear, and grievances, nalist David Zucchino, whose 2020

broadened to include under its ru- been the power of disinformation, which have put so many on the path book “Wilmington’s Lie: The Mur-
Sacramento, CA

Sacramento@plpublications.com bric the mostly white Americans fueled and inflamed by an unfettered to a dark journey. The trust deficit derous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of
partaking in the siege. is huge. White Supremacy,” details how the
San Fransisco/Bay Area, CA Liberal Democrats, outraged It remains to be seen whether elected government of a Black-ma-

Sanfrancisco@plpublications.com over the violent onslaught to disrupt The blowback signs the cautious Biden-Kamala duo is up jority North Carolina city was blood-
the electoral process certifying Jo- were there in plain to the huge repair task ahead. Re- ily overthrown, pointing to the deep
New York, NY
Newyork@plpublications.com seph Biden as winner, would do well publicans may have lost control of undercurrent of hatred still in play.
to pause and self-examine their own sight. Underestimated the House and Senate but their ca- General Stanley McChrystal,
Houston, TX enabling posture when a democrati- has been the power of pacity to arouse passions and drive a former commander of American
Houston@Plpublications.org cally elected government of President wedge remains intact. forces in Afghanistan, along with

Morsi was brutally quashed in Egypt disinformation, fueled The underlying conditions that other mainstream analysts, are draw-
Phoenix, AZ around the Fourth of July 2013. gave rise to Trump are not going to ing parallels between the tactics of

Phoenix@Plpublications.org and inflamed by an
Liz Cheney, a senior Republican melt. Trump may have been im- US violent extremism with that of
Ontario, Canada lawmaker in the House, is frothing unfettered toxic social peached twice, but it was mostly on Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Ontario@Plpublications.org over Trump’s “betrayal” of democ- partisan lines. Only 10 Republicans McChrystal warned that “the
racy. Ironically, her own father, Vice media voted against him. Unclear remains fabric of something very dangerous
Letters to the Editor President Dick Cheney, incited the the outcome of a Senate trial, which has been woven.”

2003 unprovoked assault on Iraq, toxic social media. has the potential of making him a The clash within is the real
Readers are welcome to express their opinion
in these columns. Please keep your letters stemming from which, and using the Amidst mindless chatter, martyr amongst his passionate popu- threat.
brief and to the point. Letters without full White House platform, he endorsed Trump may have done a favor by lar grassroots support within the Re- All evidence suggests that
name, complete address, and a daytime

phone number will not be published. torture – a violation of his oath of of- visibly bringing to the forefront and publican base. The potential of more Trump, instead of making America
Also, copies of letters sent to other news- fice. exposing the dark underbelly of violence hovers. great, may have acted as an acceler-

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charismatic leader of Jammu & sion. Kashmir.” And Vice President 6. Kashmir is the only region
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Information for Kashmir repression not of a secessionist or Kamala Harris went one step which shares its borders with three
nuclear powers of the world – India,
“It is never too late to defend
Subscribers the right of self-determination and separatist movement but of an up- further, “We have to remind Pakistan and China. The potential of

The printing of Pakistan Link is unfail- UN jurisprudence on Kashmir.” - rising against foreign occupation, Kashmiris that they are not a nuclear war has always been there
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