PAKISTAN MAYBE BE MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN YOU THINK

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Description: SEPTEMBER 07, 2007 NEWS HOUR
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Goadhatesmyspace ::: Favorites It is true that the city dwellers like America, but for that people in the North Eastern part, they aren't big fans. And most the Pakistanis live outside the city. You can't even beging to control those people because their is very little government control. 07-09-17 00:15:56 __________________________________________________
geomush ::: Favorites Pakistan does not need a democracy in its current form. As I have said before, here the democracy is voice of feudals, tribal leaders, land lords and not people. yes in big cities, the people are independent and free to choose whatever they want but almost 60% of population is rural. Once we end feudalism then people will be free to choose whoever they want. Right now it is more about getting landlords/feudals on your side than people on your side. 07-09-14 09:52:01 __________________________________________________
geomush ::: Favorites Pakistan is still a majority feudal/tribal/land lord type society where democracy is not the voice of people but voice of choosen few. Do not equate these leaders with democratic leaders in real democratic countries. These people like nawaz and bhutto can do whatever they want with the country and yet they will do good in elections. Activists for real democracy will always tell you that untill you end feudalism...no real democracy can come in pakistan. 07-09-14 09:48:27 __________________________________________________
amitdahiya ::: Favorites Pakistan needs to stop looking thousands of miles away for policy support, just look east towards India. There should be greater exchange between the peoples of INdia and Pakistan, it should be a free trade region and slowly have integrated militaries and cricket team. US can play a very strog mediator in the overall process. 07-09-11 03:13:00 __________________________________________________
breaks0 ::: Favorites Those politicians are basically oligarchs. But the supreme court justice appears to be different, and frankly Pakistan and the whole of South Asia would be alot better off with someone like him running things than oligarchs, a fairly reactionary military, tribal leaders or radical Islamic nationalists. Their is an alternative and this is probably it. 07-09-10 15:15:43 __________________________________________________
breaks0 ::: Favorites At least a good chunk of their population is fighting to keep what's left of their liberal democratic institutions, like the judiciary and the constitution. I don't really include Bhutto or Sharif in that, even though they're technically democrats too, since they're like alot of traditional caudillo-"democrats" in many parts of latin america, the philippines and elsewhere who win elections and do nothing for the poor vast majority of the population. 07-09-10 15:12:45 __________________________________________________
theogore ::: Favorites Great post. Thank you very much. 07-09-10 13:35:06 __________________________________________________
dafttool ::: Favorites It's not the first time America has embraced a dictator for short term gain, ignoring the long term fallout (blowback). Bush has been too close to Mushaffir, just as both of them have been too lax with al Qaeda in Waziristan. 07-09-10 07:58:12 __________________________________________________
WimmyRoad ::: Favorites I've been to Pakistan many times. Its a beautiful country, some of the people can be a pain in the neck but on the whole the people are not terrorists. Americans forces have forced the Taliban into North western frontier province of Pakistan. Pakistan has lost Soldiers fighting terrorism. Pakistan needs a democracy and need less of the foreign intervention. If ignorant Americans think that Pakistan is full terrorists then they can kiss my brown arse. 07-09-10 07:47:25 __________________________________________________