Unsent letter to a Pakistani |
| Published: November 19, 2007, 11:48 pm |
| Tags: united states of america, mixed government, john adams, constitution, pakistan, james harrington, gordon wood, emergency times, checks and balances, aristotle |
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a response to Helping Pakistan at The Emergency Times from which I quote the beginning paragraphs,Pakistan, labeled the most dangerous country in the world, with loose nukes and angry jihadis, is unraveling. It needs help. To be helped it needs to be understood. Urging a transition to true democracy, after the fourth military dictator has suspended the constitution for the second time and sacked a judiciary that dared to question his legitimacy, betrays either naivet or disinterest. Both will hurt in the long run, if there is a long run.Understand that there has not been much difference between military and civilian rule in Pakistan. When unreal hopes are betrayed by one, the other is accorded a relieved welcome. Four painful cycles ought to be enough to make that clear. The pundits wringing their hands at the ills of dictatorship today are the same who saw huge silver linings when the fourth dictator, the enlightened moderate, came along to clean the democratic [ Full article ] |
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