A strong man instils confidence in the short term, but in the long term politics is about how people relate to each other. |
All of that shows that somehow the schooling system has fed intolerance and bigotry. |
Most people have not started thinking about the political aspect of the aid, ... But when they do, the government is in trouble. |
The man in the street has not been the beneficiary of the U.S. aid |
There will be a long-term questioning of the relationship between the citizenry and the Pakistan state. |
this may take the wind out of their sails. |
Throughout the Arab and Islamic world the feeling is that we are now in top gear for a war of civilizations, a clash of civilizations. Support for the United States is very low and there are no voices within the Muslim world, except for a very few. |
willing to share power with the civilians in any meaningful way? |