Tag Musharaff

The Afghan-Pakistan Solution by Musharaff-A rejoinder.

Musharaff of all people talks of the authority of civilians inrunning the country,a man who usurped power from civilian govt,one who, it is alleged by Nawaz Sharief ,who was the then PM that Musharaff engaged in in Kargill misadventure with out Sharief, the PM's knowledge.., a man who systematically ruined democratic institutions.Funny, isn't it?
He had recognized Taliban, not to 'reform from within' but to destabilize Afghanistan and get afoot hold for Pakistan there.
He enters into a deal with disturbed areas in Pakistan-what is the result?
Afghanistan-liberated from Alqeda and Taliban? When?Is he senile or idotic or both?
Terrorists entered into Pakistan-true;Why? you bred them.Your ISI promoted them.
Hiding in London to avoid being prosecuted, do not talk non sense as if you are a statesman.

Extracting Political Decisions from the Judiciary in Pakistan

Couple of points.It is naive to believe that there is’Change’ in Pakistan.What change?Army and ISI are calling the shots with no accountability.Elected representatives(?) have been forced or allow themselves to be forced to rubber stamp a predetermined deal involving two corrupt and exiled politicians.The only change is the perception that there is an illusion of change.The only change is the guilty and corrupt are allowed to rule the mute and simple people of Pakistan with out their consent.
Secondly,the statement that there can be a transition through ‘negotiated terms’, a very polite way of expressing wheeling and dealing.Is this the way to run a democracy?
Thirdly, the obsession with foreign approval or censure.You run your country as your people want it.When you are undecided, foreign powers interfere;you accept their help ;now there is nothing as free lunch;you have to accept their terms because of your unwillingness or inability to govern yourself.;suddenly you wake up and find you are under foreign dictates when it is too late.
Either people in general and intelligentsia in particular should decide the course of action to restore real democracy.Where are the lawyers who have forced Musharaff to climb down?Run out of steam?Take the action to its logical conclusion of restoring real democracy,sans deals and foreign interference.
If allowed to drift, there seems to be no other option excepting revolution with inevitable bloodshed.Also history has many examples of dictatorship passing into democracy with blood shed,French Revolution being the prime example.(the difference was it was from Dictatorial Monarchs)