THE SPINE NOVEMBER 18, 2007
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Here's a piece that makes order out of the very confusing situation in Pakistan. It's by Jo Johnson, also in Saturday's FT. Well, not quite order but understandable confusion. About General Musharraf we know enough not to admire him. That the president seems to also hurts him with the likes of us, probably much too reflexively. This article in the FT lays out the seedy character of Miss Bhutto's aristocratic "democratic" opposition.And a wonderful article, both historic and analytic, by Jane Perlez in the Times recalls why Pakistani democrats, for all their loathing of Misharraf, have deep misgivings about Bhutto.
2 comments
Bhutto is not a democrat, but the people who Musharraf has arrested are democrats. Even if Bhutto provides a kleptocratic alternative to the dictatorship of Musharraf, we should at least embrace free and fair elections that would result in a pro-Western leader.
- rozenson
November 19, 2007 at 6:19pm
should you be happy with political leadership that is not anti-western, which is not necessarily the same as pro. Polls indicate that islamists won't win an election in Pakistan anyways. No need to throw all eggs in Bhutto's basket.
- imuzaffar
November 20, 2007 at 10:16pm