karan.1970
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No difference unless the guy with the gun is the appointed sheriff of the town which Kiyani is not. Robin hoods today only exist in bollywood movies like "Once upon a time in Mumbai"Actually you misrepresent the example.
1) He said Dude see this gun, I don't want to take this out, so don't steal everybody else's wallets. If Zardari does the job he's supposed to do, there won't be any need for a coup.
By the people/judiciary. Not by military acting on their own..The key to democracy is the power to people to reverse their decisions. Once a gun backed regime comes to power (whether headed by a general or a puppet), that power to people goes away along with the democracy..What would you suppose happen in India if the elected government says we'll kill 100 Million Indians to control the population? At some point when things get out of hand, there has to be some sort of check and balance.
People were marching against a dictator and wouldnt have ever allowed another one. Neither would have USA.He has said that he doesn't want to be in power, he didn't assume Musharraf's presidency. He had plenty of opportunity to coup, especially during the long march when the people were marching towards Islamabad.
btw, how many promises Musharraf broke while he was in power?
These promises are no different than the immortal " I will still respect you the next morning"
Zardari didnt ask him to rate the current govt. If I read the papers right, it was to quash the rumors about a military takeover. The fact that such a meeting needed to take place points towards the subversion of the democratic process.To be a dictator you need to dictate something that would be active governance. He commented upon the lack of governance. To be a dictator you have to subvert democracy, he only asked Zardari to return to the constitution - when asked by Zardari himself.
Law enforcement bodies. Impeachment... Supreme court suo moto directions.. there are a million ways of checks and balances if people are behind it. Like they were against Musharraf..Yes but who implements the judiciary's orders? The judiciary said "Open the swiss cases, NRO is illegal" Now Zardari has to implement that order and he says "Nope, don't feel like it". The judiciary can only pass judgement, the implementation has to be done by the government.
Supreme court can get him arrested.. Isnt it?? Not very familiar with Pakistani constitution, but there is a provision to that recourse in India and Pakistani system is not all that different..Coming back to a milder version of the 100 million people killed argument, similarly what happens when still Zardari does something undemocratic and says nope I'll do as I please. Which he has done, by disobeying the supreme court.
Again. I am not going off on the individual and I believe Kayani is one of the most professional military man Pakistan has seen in some time. But the affiliation of Pakistan to gravitate towards military as a saviour not only from external threats but also from bad governance and corruption is extremely misplaced in my opinionI don't prefer the return of the military, even when PAkistan is at the brink of total collapse. But I'm defending Kayani as it is unfair to label him as a dictator for this incident.