Pakistan Burning

[monk222]

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 4 — The Pakistani leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declared a state of emergency on Saturday night, suspending the country’s Constitution, firing the chief justice of the Supreme Court and filling the streets of this capital city with police officers.

-- David Rohde for The New York Times

Ah, it sounds like another day in Pakistan!

When I first heard this, I was wondering what were the chances of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto surviving this power play. She has just arranged to get back into the country and survived a massive bombing. But it looks like she is still playing strong, even taunting Musharraf:

After landing in Karachi, she mocked General Musharraf and accused him of using the specter of terrorism to prolong his hold on power. “This is not emergency,” she said. “This is martial law.”

What really makes this fun is that Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Imagine if Iran could play, too!

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Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

This may send your eyebrows up past your hairline, but I actually believe Musharraf when he says he's doing it as a temporary measure to get the country stable again. Whether he is right or wrong to do so can be judged only by the results, but I do believe he honestly thinks he is doing the right thing. Bear in mind that 95% of what I know about General Musharraf comes from Indian news sources, and Indian sources are not going to give any Pakistani leader credit where it isn't due.

At the moment I suspect I'm in a very small minority. But we shall see.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

It helps to be a person of faith. ;)

[poovanna.livejournal.com]

What really makes this fun is that Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Imagine if Iran could play, too!

Wars tend to break out between non-nuclear states. If both powers are nuclear, the lesser the chances of there being a full-scale war.

[poovanna.livejournal.com]

Best thing that happened to India Pak relations? They both became nuclear powers.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

It would be better if Pakistan were a stable country, and one that did not have so many jihadist/Islamist elements.