Letter to Hamid Karzai - The flow of Folly

Dear Mr.President Hon Hamid Karzai !

I just heard in the news on BBC radio that you have said "Afghanistan has a right to self-defence". I could not agree more.
As every country has that right, I would like to point out that no country had that right in the first place to attack yours. Do you agree?
Afghan sovereignty and respect for its borders is as paramount as that of Iraq, the US, or in this case your neighbour Pakistan.
I once heard form a friend from Laghman that you had said we should do what we think the Prophet Muhammad SAW would have done in the situation. That is the perfect model.

Keep in mind that Afghanistan is currently suffering from what you call a "Right" that the US used or more accurately abused that "Right to self-defence" and justifying that by Pre-emptive strikes on your countrymen. Hundreds of thousand killed and a Million plus displaced, Afghans around the world are known as the eternal refugee Nation - people without a home. To give these displaced, dishonoured and disenfranchised people some hope, you need to be acting more responsibly. To "pursue Taliban across the border into Pakistan" is to do what the US did to Afghanistan. To show no respect to another country's Sovereignty, its borders and its citizens is not at all the example of the Prophet SAW, neither is it a good example to follow in today's world where diplomacy has come out to be the only solution to problems. Also bear in mind that in 2001, and 2003, the US has used such "Rights to self defence" to attack other nations (one of them yours) and totally destroy the infrastructure there. Neither is Afghanistan like the US, nor is Pakistan like Afghanistan in this case. Hence a retaliation could only harm, kill, maim and displace more of your countrymen, and its your duty to safeguard their lives, honours and properties.

The job of the Border security forces is to stop people from crossing them, and if held, these cross-border adventurists should be tried by law of the state. If your Border security forces are not able to apprehend a certain Mehsud or Mulla, then make sure you train them a bit better, or replace them with imported personnel. That is a failure of an administration in itself. Nowhere in the world do these forces cross into another country to pursue such criminals. That would surely only be the example of a certain GW Bush. That particular individual has done as much to discredit his nation in the world as could have been done. I sense a flow of folly from the ruler to the ruled here. The world-renowned folly of Mr.Bush has successfully flowed into your "ruled" mind. Rhetoric will not get Afghanistan anywhere. Good prudent actions will. Good luck for that Mr. President.

Kindest Regards