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2008-01-28 India-Pakistan

Khan Meets Dems (WaPo columnist endorses yet another pro-Taliban Pakistani opposition member)

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Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-01-28 13:22|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I think the liberal media is a sucker for well-spoken anti-Americans from exotic countries.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-01-28 13:31|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-01-28 13:31|| Front Page Top

#2 but see, thats why Bhuttos death was SUCH a disaster = there isnt anyone left whos both pro-US AND has real support on the ground in Pakistan. Perv, Sharif, Khan - theyre ALL bad choices.

Posted by Dopey Flotle8127 2008-01-28 13:39|| 2008-01-28 13:39|| Front Page Top

#3 DF: but see, thats why Bhuttos death was SUCH a disaster = there isnt anyone left whos both pro-US AND has real support on the ground in Pakistan.

My impression is that Bhutto was a corrupt socialist who drove the economy into the ground the last time she was prime minister. This is why the liberal media loved her - her socialist ideology. The same ideology that made Islamism attractive by comparison.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-01-28 14:16|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-01-28 14:16|| Front Page Top

#4 As far as I can tell, Ms. Bhutto was a happy feudalist who used the language popular in the international circles in which she moved when not actively ruling her holdings. She used whoever advanced her personal agenda -- socialists, internationalists, Islamists, and democratizers alike.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-28 14:53|| 2008-01-28 14:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh big whoop, she was a pol. Her last admin she was very careful not to offend the military, which made sense given their strength. Sure she was from an old feudal family. And sure, her party had been socialist (so had Tony Blairs, Ehud Baraks, etc) She wasnt advocating socialist policies now, and she was as good a chance as any to move Pakistan away from feudalism. Well maybe Khan was more so, but hes definitely antiUS as quoted above. Perv certainly wasnt democratizing Pakistan - you can dream that he'll liberalize it to make it ready for democracy, a la Pinochet, but that seriously misreads the Pakistani street. Bhutto for whatever selfish political reasons had thrown in her lot with the West and against the Islamists.

Posted by Dopey Flotle8127 2008-01-28 15:24|| 2008-01-28 15:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Imran's Khan's ex-wife Jemima (daughter of Sir James Goldsmith) relates a story... she noticed their son playing with a one armed "Action Man". She asked what happened to the doll. Her son replied "daddy said he was caught stealing".. Imran's idea of humor...

Posted by john frum 2008-01-28 19:42|| 2008-01-28 19:42|| Front Page Top

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