Commentary: Pakistan isn't falling

04/27/2009

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PAKISTAN IS NOT FALLING
Comments on a CNN analysis


Dear Mr. Bergen

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By Peter Bergen
CNN National Security Analyst

"Editor's note: Peter Bergen is a fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank that promotes innovative thought from across the ideological spectrum, and at New York University's Center on Law and Security. He's the author of "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader."

Sir, you fail to recognize, regardless of f the survey you quote, that Pakistan is a majority illiterate country, and even though it does not have a central religious figure to lead it does have many minor religious leaders that are fed up with the westernization of their society, and many among the military foot soldiers are from villages and are religious, they have clearly not fought Al Queda and Taliban forces as a organized, reliable and disciplined force.

As Bush was a failure at foreseeing the economic troubles, due to his wishful thinking, he also did not recognize the trouble he was in when he promoted democracy n Pakistan ( mainly to put Musharraf in his place when Bush seemed to have lost control of him), Bhutto if any thing was not a beacon of democracy for Pakistan.

In Pakistan you do not have a one major Islamic center, and that is a major major problem again, you have hundreds, many so called political leaders use the name of Islam to incite rebellion against the center and entice their followers in the name of Islam to mayhem and murder.

The privileged classes are only interested in their own survival and benefit, not in the common good of the country. Corruption of the judiciary ( you mention the lawyers revolt) at all levels is shameless and shameful. Zardari government is paralyzed, he is Sindi, the officers corps (mainly Punjabis) want him to fall, he is an idiot any way but he is the president, if he fails another Punjabi, may be a military leader gets to take control.
In Pakistan, defeating Taliban will not be easy because the population in general does not want an "Islamic Force" defeated by the seculars.

Pakistani intelligentsia it self is confused as to where their loyalties lie, they talk appeasingly to the westerners the they take out their Qurans, and try to seek absolution from having cavorted with the infidels. No problem if you sound confused.

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE