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Pakistani officials furious over country’s portrayal in ‘Homeland’
[NYPOST] ... The biggest gripe is that the show depicts Pakistan as undemocratic and allied with terrorists."Repeated insinuations that an intelligence agency of Pakistan is complicit in protecting the terrorists at the expense of innocent Pakistani civilians is not only absurd but also an insult to the ultimate sacrifices of the thousands of Pakistani security personnel in the war against terrorism," a source said. "E pur se muove."
We've seen that. Omar Saeed Sheikh hasn't been hanged. Hafiz Saeed is still in business, which involves blowing stuff up in India. Samiul Haq, the father of the Taliban, was the (failed) negotiator with them. The head of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi strolls in and out of court. You turned Swat over to a furry-faced holy man and his equally furry-faced son-in-law and then had to fight to get it back. Christians, Hindoos, Sikhs, and Shiites are bumped off regularly and Mullah Diesel is part of the government. Who's going to Lal Masjid every Friday? How about Hamid Gul? Mirza Aslam Beg? How many TNSM yokels made it home from the fighting in Afghanistan in 2001? Y'really wanna discuss a land of corruption and feudalism, over-seasoned with religious fanaticism? "Pakistanis never embraced the dictators who, in the past, ruled the country because they took over the presidency through violent means. Yeah. Nobody liked Zia-ul-Haq. Somehow his policies live on after he's decomposed. " 'Homeland' makes it seem that Pakistan has contempt for Americans and its values and principles. That is not true." Then his lips fell off. Posted by: Fred 2014-12-27 |
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