পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৭৪

538 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ War Alone Can The Nation 8 October, 1971 Free Bangladesh Vol. 1 : No. 2 WAR ALONE CAN FREE BANGLADESH (The Nation Special Report.) When and how the war of independence in Bangladesh will come to an end? This commonly-asked question cannot possibly be replied in mono-syllable. It requires an objective analysis of the factors governing the issue to drive the point home. But a keen student of the history of liberation war would immediately jump to one solid conclusion. Out fighting force alone can liberate Bangladesh and the time schedule squarely depends on the Mukti Bahini’s preparedness to it the enemy from ground, air and water simultaneously with matching strength. The solution lies there and nowhere else. It is the inherent strength of freedom fighters, military and moral, that can decide our destiny, strength, and grit are the deciding factors in a war like this. Talking and propagating about any different line will be tantamount to the betrayal of the cause. It would be just self-deception, a wild goose chase. True, Bangladesh issue is a cancerous disease in the body-politic of the subcontinent. The Bengali nation must shake off the aura of hallucination that some other nation will right and win the war for the former. Therefore the Bengalees must religiously follow the gospel truth which says: "Freedom can never be had by begging. It has to be got by force. Its price is blood." The contrary prescription is 'escapism', a vile attempt to sidetrack the reality and thereby prejudice the valiant efforts of the brave sons of the soil on the war front. Six eventful months of breathless moments punctuating the War of independence have at least proved one thing that coaxing and cajoling has done no good with the military junta. It is dragging on with the war of attrition and its avowed persistence to genocide. So dignified polemics and thought-provoking resolutions in the United Nations or raising of passive vote at some international showpiece conference would simply be exercise in futility, in so far as the liberation war is concerned. By now it is crystal clear that short of hard-hitting pounce on the enemy, no other posture could move the enemy even an inch from the occupied areas. And on the other hand, Pakistan Army also recognized the might of only one force, that is the might of the Mukti Bahini, who with their indomitable zeal and dogged