Are you saying that if the PAF takes down a drone the GoP will not own it and play it to the gallery? Its public opinion ratings will sky rocket.
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undeliverable for an outsider but true...
since you dont live in Pakistan and dont follow the daily public statements you missed out what the PP said to its local audience
it said that the international matters and relations are still being managed by the military and it has no say in it. The PM said it, then the interior minister said it, the foreign minister contradicted it and blamed the media of twisting the words, the interior Minster said PPP was with the military then the PM said that opposition was lying and PPP was in full control and then Zardari said the same thing PM said originally and so forth? Doesn’t make sense what I am talking about? Well it doesn’t to us too as Pakistanis so what chance you have…
if the military takes “ANY” unilateral action, the PPP will jump on the opportunity and say that military is trying to destabilise the state and the government and since PPP are the barons of democracy they would never had ordered or supported a violent confrontation with the USA. PM has said it before that blocking NATO supplies was the GHQ decision but then retracted when the opposition booed him.
Actually PPP would love any incident that results in PA and American confrontation because that will get them out of the hot seat. It is under tremendous pressure re memo scandal and the Swiss case about swindling and looting the Pakistani money and siphoning it to Swiss accounts.
This is why PPP is impatiently waiting for Gen Musharraf to return back to Pakistan and “save” it. They have already exposed their plans use him to divert the attention away from its inept and disgraceful governance. One minister says that he will be arrested on arrival and bundled up and taken to the countries worse jail and kept in 3rd degree cell. The other says he will be tried and punished for Benazir’s murder and another says he will be punished for Bughti’s murder and dragging Pakistani into WoT.
One of the brains behind this attitude is currently hiding in PM house aka former ambassador to USA Mr Haqqani. About whom some people say that he was the actual Haqqani network that has played a major part in causing distrust and bringing hostilities between Pakistan and USA. He went on an overdrive to pour anti PA propaganda among the US administration that even made them wonder what his problem was with the army. Removing him has been too late because the Slala attack by the Americans has a lot to do with what Haqqani has been feeding the Americans. That is why I can safely assume that when the late Nov-11 incident happened he would have jumped with joy and menacingly laughed over the tragedy that Pakistan army had to suffer at the hands of a war ally. Although he would have done it for free but he has been paid good chunk of money to write and spread anti Pakistani propaganda by certain US think tank.
Coming back to PPP, its mainly a feudal party and the feudal lords don’t like competition, army is competition in the Pakistani politics and its governance . Therefore they both have never been best pals for as long as both have existed in Pakistan. currently PPP is having a worse time of its government. Public approval is rock bottom and its under constant wrath of the Supreme court. Any major national or international incident here will be its relief and it will thank all its gods if that happens.
They have already thrown a hint of sacking the military leadership by saying “they are not planning to sack Kyani and Pasha” such statement is meant to be a message. All Zardari (when I say PPP it means Zardari) and vice versa) needs is once incident that involves a war of the words between GHQ and Pentagon or another major terrorism in Kabul or violation by Americans in Pakistani space. Zardari will toss the ready made statement explaining the PA leaderships conspiracy and then follow it up with sacking the generals while the public is still trying to recover from the initial news intake.
If I was Zardari, I would have already rehearsed by speech explaining the Americans and the Pakistani public about the treachery of PA leadership , then using it to sack the generals and then sit back and enjoy the show.
