...who would be wearing a canvas jacket with very long sleeves anyplace but Pakistain...
counsels peace. Since the Salala incident and the blocking of the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
supply line, the DPC leadership had vowed never to allow supplies for the US-led Isaf forces in Afghanistan to be resumed. Often, DPC leaders had threatened to set the country on fire from Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
to Khyber if trucks started rolling again along highways vulnerable to sabotage.
The blocking of NATO supplies and the subsequent resumption had parliamentary approval -- both decisions having the backing of a military bruised as much by May 2 as by Nov 26. While the DPC's enthusiastic support for the supply cut-off was in keeping with its Death Eater opposition to America and to Islamabad's perceived 'slavery' to Washington, its low-profile opposition to the resumption decision and the 'understanding' with the federal administration sound baffling, if not secretive. Evidently, those who inflated the balloon decided to prick it. The DPC's anti-government rhetoric may still find a place in the media, but the zing is gone. The powers that be may revive the DPC under a new garb for the general election, and there may be new entrants, but for the present the DPC's tacit approval of supply resumption has deprived it of its raison d'être.