Re: Have Americans lost in Afghanistan?
^Good read! Afghanistan still the same Quamire it was when the soviets were here.
And while I have repected Rashid in the past, im starting to see him as someone who simply mongers to Western stereotypes by hyperinflating the issues…
This part in the article caught my attention. These things are genuine accomplishments. They may well make the basis for a stronger Pakistan tommorow… Something to reflect on for Pakistanis.
…Zardari administration has some limited but real achievements to its credit. It has brought about modest improvements in revenue collection; and passed, through democratic compromise, very difficult reforms rebalancing revenues between Pakistan’s provinces and devolving powers from the central government to the provinces. Pakistani democracy too, with all its faults, does give the chance for public frustration to vent itself without revolution – something that makes Pakistan very different from the Middle Eastern autocracies overthrown in the “Arab Spring”.