What's going on in Pakistan? Literally, Pakistan is just as unstable as Iraq or Afghanistan. President Musharraf is the United States puppet; that's the only reason he's still in office. If the Pakistani people are given a chance, they will oust him like the Iranians ousted Shah Pahlavi in the end of the 70s. There are quite a few Pakistanis that are Shia Muslims in Memphis. Most of them are well respected doctors. Consequently, Pakistanis are well educated. Consequently, the Pakistanis as a whole are well educated.
In fact it's so bad in Pakistan the Benazir Bhutto, who was basically kicked out of Pakistan at the end of her Presidency, is actually back in Pakistan and has a following. It reminds of the situation in Iran about 30 years ago. Ayatollah Khomeini was exiled in Paris, but returned to take power. I don't think the citizens in Pakistan want what happened to Iran to happen to them also. But the U.S. is playing on the wrong side of a fine line. The same fine line they played with Iran. So if the Bush administration is not careful, they could end up with anther Iran, a country that hates the guts of America.
All this brings us to the discussion of the Middle East. World issues seem to revolve around the Middle East. Since the beginning of civilization, the Middle East has been at the forefront of the world. It’s no different now. But can we say that this modern era of political turmoil started with Great Britain? It’s a growing theory that if after WWII the U.K. hadn’t granted parts of Palestine for Israel. This might not have started at all. I’m not sure but it’s something for me and everyone else to research. I know though from talking with one of my professors that countries such as Russia were in Persia in the 1800s doing horrible things. Part of this is my fault for knowing my own history. As a result, I encourage my fellow comrades to read the history of the United States. From there you can find a good identity of the kind of American who built this country. Then read the some world history and compare the differences and why this might result in the world policies of the present.
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I remember watching an interview with Bhutto some time before 9/11. She was on an American political show talking about how Musharraf had unjustly taken the reigns of the government which she had been elected to lead. At that time, Bhutto was in exile in New York. She had the support of the U.S. We were asking Musharraf to step down.
But then 9/11 happened, and we had to make a tacit peace with Musharraf. We needed him to get to the Afghanis. So, I'm not sure that it's correct to say that he's our puppet. It's more like "war makes strange bedfellows." I'm glad to see Bhutto back. Musharraf's been in power, the wrong kind of power, for way too long.
Just my two cents.
Honestly I don't think we shoulda used Bhutto to get at Afghanistan in the first place.
War may make strange bedfellows, but we shouldn't compromise our foreign policy to make war happen.
I agree with Poon, we should not use ANYONE as a pawn to accomplish our (suspicious) goals. It's just what happened.
I like watch your saying Wendy. Of course you would know because you got to live thorugh it.
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