Future of Pakistan
As much as I admire the new Pakistani civil government, I feel less optimistic about whether it can finally put the genie back into the bottle that its military had created in the name of national interest. The sixty years' Indo centric policy has resulted in nothing but a weak state with no purpose and aims. Paradoxically, it has become a victim of its own creation.
The west may have patronized Pakistan to create the monster but it has moved on to find new willing friends whereas Pakistan is still hoping for a sympathetic helping hand for its faithful service to the west.
Can it blame the west for its all ills? Not after sixty years' witless military misrule! With Osama in the hills, non-state monsters on the loose and no money in the treasury, I do not see how a weak government can deal with such a mess.
Can Zardari and Gilani create a miracle in Pakistan? Can it truly take Pakistani military under civilian control? I dearly hope so, because the alternative is really scary.
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