(NP) Re: canning worms

[David Morris]

Obama last night (agrees with you):

I am gravely concerned about the situation in Pakistan, not because I
think that they're immediately going to be overrun and the Taliban
would take over in Pakistan. I'm more concerned that the civilian
government there right now is very fragile and don't seem to have the
capacity to deliver basic services: schools, health care, rule of law,
a judicial system that works for the majority of the people.

And so as a consequence, it is very difficult for them to gain the
support and the loyalty of their people. So we need to help Pakistan
help Pakistanis. And I think that there's a recognition increasingly
on the part of both the civilian government there and the army that
that is their biggest weakness.



On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:24 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> As much as the Taliban in Pakistan is making strides I do not think they have the power to overthrow the Pakistani military as demoralized and weary as it is. and from reading folks like Ahmed Rashid much of Pakistani society do not want the mullah-types in power. The best scenario would seem to be finding a more politically capable army general someone with a bit more skill than Musharraff was.