বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
C. HOW HAS HE DARED
(i) Out Habit of depending on others.
28. Enemy has dared to violate all civilized codes of conduct even to put the blame on us for all his crimes, because he banked not merely an our military unpreparedness but on our mental unpreparedness to take the initiative of action. We depend on others, to act while we talk, elect, agitate, threat and even offer our lives, but yet wait for others to act.
(ii) History of Bengali Liberation Movement:
29. Pakistan (47), Language (52), United Front (54), Constitutional Parity (56), Mass upheaval (69). In each case a 'crowning victory was turned into miserable failure by Bengali inability to follow up in action what is resolved in words. The role of traitors, and our inaction to punish 'them. Even now there are traitors, betrayers, and opportunists who go unpunished. We have perhaps the best human resources as our assets who have risen massively again and again at the call of their welfare; who have voted, agitated, and given their live again and again as asked for; but who have been betrayed and frustrated again and again because no one told them how to take action.
30. Our only strength so far has been occasional unity in resolve, but it remains empty without constant discipline in action to implement the resolve. We have depended on others for this action and therefore the defaulters, betrayers, and traitors have flourished to foil our resolve by helping the enemy in his actions. The enemy has banked on it, and we are getting exterminated.
D. HOW CAN WE OVERCOME
(i) Should we depend on Yahya and settle with him? (or his equivalent)
31. Begging or compromising with Yahya to spare our lives will not end the trouble. Can Bengalies live through this sub-human slavery and prostitution? The veil of Pakistani nationhood is now gone forever. Can Bengalies live as fourth class serfs of pleasure of the Punjabis, other West Pakistanis, other non Bengalies, and the Bengali slave-drivers, in that order.
(ii) Should we just depend on Foreign Powers?
32. Foreign people may sympathies with but agony, but foreign governments do not act on mere moral principles. U. S. A. does not act for democracy in Pakistan or freedom of Bangladesh, or U. K. for parliamentary process, or China for liberation from capitalist exploitation. The Governments act in their own interest as a part of their world power politics. The less said about the powerless U. N. the better. So long as we do not or cannot speak from a position of strength the foreign powers will not be likely to act solidly for us. The best we can hope from them is a “peaceful" settlement for continued Pakistani bondage, with the last enemy soldier remaining on our soil.
(iii)Should we just depend on our armed fighters?
33. In spite of its unsurpassed heroism, our armed front is just getting stalled. It is good enough for bleeding the enemy, but it is not likely to match the mechanized army of
