Cut both ways. Pakistan is democratic country need will and consensus. Majority cases imposing policies backfire . Specially in muslim world, where people love to point fingers at others for their economic failures. Where certain parts of society judge the statement on the basis of religion and motives, it always backfire. Its good gesture from Obama to reach out Muslim world, but its better to reach out with respect, instead with dominating policies.
There are two issues here. My question to AA is if he believes in Pakistan enough to do something for the good of the country despite the fact he may despise its current leader and his acts may resound to that leader's benefit. Is he loyal to the "nation" or merely a man?
So said Hitler, Hirohito, Hussein - and those are just the H's!
Oh, yeah, it's not like the old days when the U.S. bombed Serbia for abusing Muslims, liberated Kuwaitis from Saddam, and protected the Kurds. These are the new days when presidents bow to the Saudi king and help Iraqis eliminate terrorists and create a safe country of democratic values and governance.
That's just one quote from a man who was known for his malapropisms long before he entered office. GWB employed the word in the secular sense of a long war, not the religious one of Christian conflict to defeat Islam.
U.S. armed forces have gone to war in those countries. That doesn't mean the U.S. is in war with them. The distinction is between the territory where conflict occurs and the people who are its citizens. (But if its any comfort to you, I debated this with Noam Chomsky decades ago and he took your side of the argument.)
Is there really another Great Power which has been more accountable to its allies and the world than the U.S.A.?
Don't be so sure. All choices available may go "against Pakistan's interst", so it will be the job of Pakistan's leaders to choose the course they deem least evil.
If it happens, then there'll be a wider public anger in Pakistan. If you think the protest on restortion of the judges were big, wait till you see the protests if Zardari makes the mistake. The people in Pakistan will get rid of Zardari themselves.
He was elected president of USA twice and brought this war on terror on our region. Do you expect the world to not take his comments seriously?
Most people belonging to those countries see Americans as invaders and I wouldn't blame them.
Pakistan has suffered the most because of this war on terror. U.S. says its an ally of Pakistan but then comes up with ideas like this article suggests. Some ally!
Pakistan is a nation and like any nation it must put its own interst first. Who made the US the boss of the world? Pakistan was doing far better before this war on terror, and the Pakistani people are suffering the most today because Pakistan's government chose to side with U.S. Enough of that, now Pakistan has to forget about some so called "allys" and look after its own intersts.
Well if the people dont allow Zardari to sign the agreement. Then you might lose aid, and then the same people will go hungry and starve and then sign the agreement. So u anyways will have to sign it
