What Happens Now Pakistan?
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Mike Moreu’s latest cartoon (21/08/08) from Stuff depicting the danger of the various factions in Pakistan now they are no longer supressed with Musharraf leaving.
NoRightTurn points out that no matter what you think about the various powerful factions that could harm democracy in Pakistan, the people must be allowed to choose their future even if Western democracies disagree with their choice:
Pakistan has finally returned to democracy after nine long years of military rule. It’s a messy democracy, with strong disagreements between parties, but it has something that Musharraf’s guns and uniforms and thuggery could never give him: legitimacy. No matter what you may think of Pakistan’s politicians, they are at least elected by their people in reasonably credible elections. And that gives them a far greater right to run the country than someone who stuck a gun in the people’s face and said “I’m the boss now”.
