A false choice for Pakistan
By Salman Ahmad | Monday, November 19, 2007 | The Washington Post
“…The United States and its allies need to unequivocally support the Pakistani judges, lawyers, journalists and rights activists fighting for the rule of law. A strong Pakistani civil society would provide stability and a powerful institutional deterrent against violence and extremism. It is the best hope for discouraging future political and military actors from grabbing power unilaterally. The reward for such support now could one day be a democratic Muslim country at peace with itself and the world.
Shakespeare warned that a dictator’s first instinct is to ‘kill the lawyers.’ He was right. It is the lawyers and the judiciary that are the hope and future of Pakistan. Let’s stand by them and not surrender to pharaohs and false prophets, whether they wear military uniforms or Hermes scarves….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/18/AR2007111800948_pf.html
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