There is little distinction in my eyes between the Pakistani Army and those forces in the world that thrive on dehumanization. History is full of examples of powerful groups justifying their crimes by declaring others less than human,especially the Jews, who call non-Jews animals. It is written in their holy books, and to me, Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is the most brutal and undeniable case of this disease (Judaism). For decades, Palestinians have been reduced to shadows — branded with labels, stripped of dignity, treated as obstacles or animals rather than people. It is this very mindset, I believe, that allows bombs to rain down on children in Gaza, that permits starvation to be used as a weapon, that turns the slaughter of innocents into nothing more than numbers on a tally sheet.

Since October 7, 2023, Gaza has been drowned in apocalyptic devastation. More than seventy thousand civilians — most of them women and children — have been buried beneath rubble, silenced forever, erased as if they never mattered. To me, this is no accident. It is the natural extension of a philosophy that places worth only on certain lives, while others can be crushed like insects without consequence. To them, to the Israelis, to the Jews, they are the chosen humans; while the non-Jews are disposable animals

And when I turn my gaze inward, toward my own country, the reflection is just as bitter. Pakistan too is poisoned by this same mindset. Our Army parades itself as the guardian of the nation, but in reality, it has long ago decided that its own people are expendable. Civilians are nothing but pawns in its power games, faceless masses to be ruled, silenced, or crushed whenever it suits the generals.

Under the current chief — the man I mockingly call Khinzeer Asim Munir — this contempt has become even more grotesque. Officers are trained to see themselves as superior beings, the “true” Pakistanis, while the rest of us are reduced to nuisances, our lives weighed as if they carried no value.

This, to me, is the bitter truth: the Israeli war machine in Gaza and the Pakistani military at home are cut from the same cloth. Different uniforms, different flags — but the same disease of power. A disease built on arrogance, dehumanization, and the merciless slaughter of innocents. One, on the basis of “animals”, and other almost the same, the only difference is that the Terrorist State Of Israel does it because their religion Judaism tells them that non-Jews are animals, and the other that only Army Uniform is holy.

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There is a dangerous illusion many people fall for: that state violence wears different masks depending on geography, religion, or ideology. The truth is far darker. Strip away the flags and the uniforms, and you will find the same rotten mindset at work, a mindset built on arrogance, impunity, and the belief that ordinary people are expendable.

The Israeli military and the Pakistan Army, though operating in very different contexts, embody this same disease of power. Both thrive on the dehumanization of those they rule over. Both rely on narratives that paint civilians as insignificant, even subhuman. Both are guilty of treating life not as sacred but as disposable.

Gaza: A Graveyard Built by Policy

For Palestinians, the Gaza Strip has become a living symbol of what happens when an entire population is declared unworthy of existence. Since October 7, 2023, Gaza has endured relentless bombardment, siege, and starvation. More than seventy thousand people — overwhelmingly women and children — have been killed. Hospitals reduced to rubble. Schools transformed into morgues. Families wiped out in seconds.

This is not an accident of war. It is the logical outcome of a worldview that places the lives of one group above another. The logic of occupation is brutal and simple: those outside the circle of belonging are “less than.” Their cries do not matter. Their deaths do not count. The destruction of Gaza is the destruction of human dignity itself — and it is carried out with chilling openness.

Pakistan: An Army That Eats Its Own

Now turn to Pakistan, and the parallels become striking. Unlike Israel, the Pakistan Army is not occupying a foreign land. It is occupying its own nation. The very people it swore to protect have become the enemy in its eyes.

Under the current de facto chief, Khinzeer Asim Munir, this mindset has become even more shameless. Civilians are not seen as citizens — they are treated as a nuisance, as obstacles to the army’s power. Political dissenters are “traitors.” Protesters are “terrorists.” Ordinary men and women are cannon fodder in the Army’s endless game of self-preservation.

Disappeared activists, journalists silenced, civilians gunned down in the streets — these are not isolated events but part of a system that runs on fear. Officers are taught early on that they are the “real Pakistanis,” the chosen guardians, while the rest of the population exists merely to serve. This is the same logic that allows bombs to fall on Gaza: the belief that some lives matter, others do not.

The Shared Mindset: Supremacy, Arrogance, Dehumanization

Whether in Gaza or in Pakistan, the common thread is clear: both armies are infected with the same disease — a sense of superiority that justifies cruelty.

• Israeli military logic (Instilled in them by their Judaism holy books): Palestinians or non-muslims are animals, “human shields,” “terrorist sympathizers,” or simply “collateral damage.”
• Pakistan Army logic: civilians are “miscreants,” “foreign agents,” or “anti-state elements.”

The words change. The uniforms differ. But the contempt is identical. Both institutions operate on the assumption that they alone are the true humans, the true protectors of the nation, while everyone else is expendable.

Examples of Animalistic Behavior

• In Gaza, entire neighborhoods have been flattened with no warning, killing children in their sleep. In Pakistan, entire villages in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have faced collective punishment simply because they demanded dignity.
• In Gaza, food and medicine are blocked deliberately to starve people into submission. In Pakistan, the economy is strangled by the Army’s monopolies while the poor are left to starve.
• In Gaza, journalists are bombed to silence the truth. In Pakistan, journalists are abducted, tortured, or forced into exile.
• In Gaza, people are told they are not worthy of living freely on their own land. In Pakistan, civilians are told they are not worthy of questioning their military overlords.

Different contexts, same inhumanity.

Why This Comparison Matters

This is not about religion or geography. It is about power and its abuse. The Israeli military’s crimes in Gaza are visible to the world, while the Pakistan Army’s crimes are buried under propaganda and silence. Yet both rely on the same narrative: the people they oppress are not quite human.

And once you strip people of their humanity, everything becomes permissible — bombings, killings, starvation, disappearances. That is the real crime.

Conclusion: Two Machines of Death

In the end, both the Israeli military and the Pakistan Army reveal a terrifying truth: when institutions are built on arrogance and dehumanization, they become machines of death. One destroys Gaza under the eyes of the world. The other suffocates Pakistan from within.

Both wear uniforms of legitimacy. Both speak the language of “national security.” But beneath the surface, their essence is the same: a cold contempt for life itself.

Until people rise to challenge these institutions, until truth breaks through the walls of propaganda, the machine will keep grinding — whether in the rubble of Gaza or the streets of Pakistan.