MICROMANAGING PAKISTAN
Richard Holbrooke is back and this time it’s to look at the refugee crisis as a result of the Swat Operation, meet with the folks he needs to, and generally earn his keep. By the looks of it Mr. Holbrooke spends as much time in Pakistan as President Zardari, and definitely much more time than...
BUM HEROES
I am never ceased to be amazed by the delusions that a lot of people harbor, but the icing on the cake is when educated people who are otherwise rational start believing garbage. Call it the age of “perception management” as good public relations is now called and the power of the “media” but it’s...
SEPERATING THE BOYS FROM THE MEN
I’ve used this quote before but a year later it seems much more appropriate. Sir Winston Churchill said, “Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.” Given the curbs on free media in Pakistan, I can’t say who this quote is most appropriate for but...
