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2012-06-01 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2012-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 I'm sorry - I'm know what "illusory sovereignty" specifically or definitionally means as per US, International Political Science + Govt. Affairs, but in this Artic + Others prior it seems the Author(s) want the same to mean "temporary/
false/subjective sovereignty"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-01 01:54|| 2012-06-01 01:54|| Front Page Top

#2 I interpret the phrase as recognition of Pakistan, not as a modern nation-state, but more a geographic collection of ethnic tribes and governmental organizations, along with some non-state actors, all engaged in schemes and battles against each other in various combinations. Think South-Central Los Angeles, but with more players and without the stability.

Posted by SteveS 2012-06-01 02:23|| 2012-06-01 02:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "Illusory sovereignty" is Fred's little joke, gentlemen. After all these years of reading such self-satisfied claptrap, he wrote a little automatic replacement program for such verbiage. The changes are indicated by a light grey underline. Click on the headline to open up the original article for comparison purposes -- Fred had fun with it. (It was also intended as a defense against Righthaven harassment, though I'm not sure it accomplished the purpose -- thank goodness that particular threat has been vanquished by the legal system eventually working as designed!)

Posted by trailing wife 2012-06-01 08:23|| 2012-06-01 08:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I understood the phrase as part of Fred's Snark-o-tron, but in every good joke, there is a grain of truth. (or kilo-grain)

In the case of Pakistain, 'illusory sovereignty' is quite apropos. They may play dress-up in Islamabad and pretend to be the government (when they aren't trying to whack each other), but how much influence do they have over the Federally Administered Tribal Areas? (and by influence, I mean something other than smuggling, gun-running and bribery)

By the way, nice concise explanation, tw.

Posted by SteveS 2012-06-01 22:46|| 2012-06-01 22:46|| Front Page Top

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