The Defence Day of Pakistan; Ideology and Strategy

Defense does not only mean deploying the army, its backbone lies in strategy. The defense strategy of a nation coupled with its foreign policy present the personality of a state, just like that of a person living in his neighborhood, but only in a bigger framework. In other words this strategy defines the overall character of the nation; if the strategy is imperialistic, aggressive, opportunistic, abrupt or even too vocal, that would show what kind of people it presents. If the strategy is defensive, non-aggressive, helpful to its neighbors in time of need, that shows the kind of people it is a resultant of. The people of Pakistan are proud to be of such nature, as they are a nation that has always vowed to defend what is rightfully theirs, and has helped their neighbors in terms of their immigrants in times of war and has fortified them when they have faced oppression and above all that have never aimed to grab an inch of land from any neighbor.

The people of Pakistan can appreciate the truth that the strategy of unity in fortitude, and in standing courageously behind a friend in need is ever-lasting, while the unity via occupation and force is a weak façade bound to drop down in time. Yes strategy also means the moves you draw on paper and the deals you sign with other states, but underlying all strategy is a basic strategy that comes out of a graceful and truthful people who love their brethren and the greater cause of the humanity as opposed to a people who are tyrant upon their neighbors and self-centered in their grandest goals.

Let us congratulate ourselves, on our defense day, as we pay our salutations to the numerous men who have laid down their lives, in the thick of the battle, and on unmarked tracks of our borders, just so that the enemy should not dare to peep an inch further inland.

They have not left the defense of their country to another day, nor have they returned to their mothers, wives or daughters to say a last good-bye before the snipers would tear their souls away from their bodies. Let us congratulate ourselves and our martyrs with the greeting that we are a land well-fought for and a people good to defend, as we mean no harm to our brethren in faith nor our fellows in humanity, but with the tinge of piety in our strategy of defense, we potentially unite our brethren around us, and therefore become a beacon of hope for peace in the wider world.