Comments on: The Long March to Justice http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_long_march_to_justice.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neena http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_long_march_to_justice.html/comment-page-1#comment-155785 Neena Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:30:42 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=3766#comment-155785 <i>What shouldn’t escape anyone’s attention is that _THIS_ is what democratic, nonviolent, resistance looks like. This is fine. This is normal. This is what we should expect in a society where the government and the people are out of step. This is not a coup, nor the ‘79 revolution. <i> Yup it is indeed and lets see for how long our Army keeps her paws off the "throne". I know I can count until Pakistani treasury is empty ;). Sharif brothers after all responsible for keeping Zardari in jail for <b>11</b> years, how come no one even mentioning it? What shouldn’t escape anyone’s attention is that _THIS_ is what democratic, nonviolent, resistance looks like. This is fine. This is normal. This is what we should expect in a society where the government and the people are out of step. This is not a coup, nor the ‘79 revolution.

Yup it is indeed and lets see for how long our Army keeps her paws off the “throne”. I know I can count until Pakistani treasury is empty ;). Sharif brothers after all responsible for keeping Zardari in jail for 11 years, how come no one even mentioning it?

]]> By: omar ali http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_long_march_to_justice.html/comment-page-1#comment-155783 omar ali Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:34:12 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=3766#comment-155783 This represents the great potential for positive change that still exists in Pakistan and that the corrupt and criminal establishment has not been able to extinguish in 60 years of trying. Every dictator in Pakistan has faced genuine democratic resistance and while the process has been slow, it is definitely accelerating. So, on this axis, positive change is coming to Pakistan. Unfortunately, on the Y axis, the Islamic Khmer Rouge (aka mujahideen) have also made progress. It is a race against time. If the suicidal establishment (and their EXTREMELY short-sighted and ignorant managers in the US embassy) fails to see its own long term interest and continues to happily saw away at the limb on which they are sitting, then everything may crash into the hands of Khmer Rouge one day. Otherwise, there is hope... Unfortunately, even in today's NY Times, you can see a good example of the kind of blinkered, stereotypical and superficial bullshit that passes for analysis in the metropolitan media: Jane Perlez describes the Zardari PPP as "the secular party" and casts doubts on Nawaz Sharif's ability to "fight the insurgency". It would be hilarious if it wasnt so tragic. This represents the great potential for positive change that still exists in Pakistan and that the corrupt and criminal establishment has not been able to extinguish in 60 years of trying. Every dictator in Pakistan has faced genuine democratic resistance and while the process has been slow, it is definitely accelerating. So, on this axis, positive change is coming to Pakistan.
Unfortunately, on the Y axis, the Islamic Khmer Rouge (aka mujahideen) have also made progress. It is a race against time. If the suicidal establishment (and their EXTREMELY short-sighted and ignorant managers in the US embassy) fails to see its own long term interest and continues to happily saw away at the limb on which they are sitting, then everything may crash into the hands of Khmer Rouge one day. Otherwise, there is hope…
Unfortunately, even in today’s NY Times, you can see a good example of the kind of blinkered, stereotypical and superficial bullshit that passes for analysis in the metropolitan media: Jane Perlez describes the Zardari PPP as “the secular party” and casts doubts on Nawaz Sharif’s ability to “fight the insurgency”. It would be hilarious if it wasnt so tragic.

]]> By: Conrad Barwa http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_long_march_to_justice.html/comment-page-1#comment-155781 Conrad Barwa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:51:53 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=3766#comment-155781 Heartening post, lets hope these protests have some impact. Heartening post, lets hope these protests have some impact.

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