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'Pakistan needs military for its cohesion' | |
2007-11-06 | |
* Stratfor says MusharrafÂ’s source of power lies exclusively with military * Says president plans to delay elections Pakistan requires a unified military to ensure cohesion because the Pakistani military has been the guarantor of the state from the beginning and thus the arbiter of Pakistani politics, according to a commentary released by Stratfor. The US-based news intelligence service said President General Pervez MusharrafÂ’s coup in 1999 made clear PakistanÂ’s underlying reality, namely that it is a deeply divided entity, which it is not quite reasonable to call a nation, presided over by a state. Whatever the formal character of the state, be it democratic, military, Islamist or otherwise, the greatest threat to PakistanÂ’s territorial integrity comes from the divisions among the countryÂ’s various ethnic groups, Stratfor maintained. Whatever demonstrations there are, whatever politicians may say, whether elections are held or not - so long as military cohesion holds, the military will be the glue of society.
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Posted by:Fred |
#2 Pakistan only bind is religion and therefore those who profit from it have encouraged fundamentalism (and hate of non-Muslims) in order to prevent Pashtouns and Balushis from thinking on their national and economic reality. The question also is what good we get from the existence of Pakistan? IMHO, none. And lot of evil comes from there. Therefore... |
Posted by: JFM 2007-11-06 09:05 |
#1 Pakistan is a praetorian state. The praetorian state, in which the military politically assists sectional interests it favors, is a common entity in the 3rd world. In the praetorian system, the military is reticent about completing its absorption of complete power because it knows it must resolve political controversies in favor of a class that is politically weak. Such an intervention could destroy the prestige of the institution and, more seriously, make its political objectives more difficult to accomplish. |
Posted by: john frum 2007-11-06 05:09 |