[lbo-talk] America's War on Terror Goes Awry in Pakistan

[Dwayne Monroe]

[These days, practically everyone describes the US as
an unassailable ‘hyper-power’ beyond challenge.  Look
closer and you see a nation that can destroy, but
lacks the ability to effectively manage (in even a
machiavellian sense) the very situations it sets in
motion.  Militarism is a leading indicator of decay,
not strength.]

America's War on Terror Goes Awry in Pakistan
Rise of Taliban's allies threatens stability and
quashes hope for democracy

Ahmed Rashid
YaleGlobal, 4 June 2003 

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...Washington's short-sighted policies have tended to
ignore such domestic crises, choosing instead to focus
on the war on terror in Afghanistan. This will only
hasten Pakistan's turn towards Islamic fundamentalism
as the MMA gets stronger and more strident in its
demands. It will also further undermine any hopes of a
return to genuine civilian control of the army and
make a mockery of Washington's rhetoric about
furthering democracy in the Islamic world. Left
unchecked, the rise of the MMA - the latter-day
Taliban - in a nuclear-armed Pakistan, which has been
locked in conflict with a nuclear India over Kashmir,
will have grave consequences for the region.

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full at http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/article.print?id=1766

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