NY Times: Wrongheaded on Pakistan
I am no basher of The New York Times editorial page, but its ostensibly pro-democratic position today on Pakistan would be amusing were it not so sad.
This issue -- whither Pakistan -- is central to the themes of democracy, security and oil usually discussed in the context of the Caspian region and Russia on this blog.
The Times supports a coalition of former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif as progress toward democracy. The newspaper supposes that this dual political front would be more democratic than Gen. Pervez Musharraf. To borrow one of The Times' own phrases, this is preposterously presumed. If the newspaper backed the head of the country's lawyers movement -- Aitzaz Ahsan -- it would be on far more solid ground, in my opinion. Instead, it reaches for Pakistan's tired, failed past.
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This issue -- whither Pakistan -- is central to the themes of democracy, security and oil usually discussed in the context of the Caspian region and Russia on this blog.
The Times supports a coalition of former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif as progress toward democracy. The newspaper supposes that this dual political front would be more democratic than Gen. Pervez Musharraf. To borrow one of The Times' own phrases, this is preposterously presumed. If the newspaper backed the head of the country's lawyers movement -- Aitzaz Ahsan -- it would be on far more solid ground, in my opinion. Instead, it reaches for Pakistan's tired, failed past.
Photo: flattop341
Rights: Creative Commons
Labels: bhutto, musharraf, nawaz, oil book, pakistan, Russia, russia book, russia oil
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