Posted on 09/01/2014 7:12:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
With international crises boiling on three continents, it is easy to think that things could not possibly get any worse. But, of course, they can, and that proposition is being tested presently in Pakistan where anti-government protests area growing more aggressive.
300 were injured in overnight battles with government forces on Saturday night into Sunday morning. Demonstrations by Pakistanis loyal to opposition politician Imran Khan and cleric Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri that began two weeks ago became more violent this weekend as police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds.
The protest movement has been camped outside of Pakistan’s parliament in Islamabad since August 14-15. They are accusing Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of rigging elections and are demanding that he resign. What began as a peaceful effort to seek Sharif’s abdication has grown more tense since the Pakistani military was asked to mediate negotiations between the government and the protesters.
NDTV reported that protesters fear the involvement of the military raises “fears the military would use the situation to enact a ‘soft coup’ and increase its dominance over civilian authorities.” Khan and Qadri have called on protesters to cooperate with the military.
Local and foreign observers said the polls were credible, and analysts believe the protests have been coordinated by the powerful army as a means of re-asserting its dominance over civilian authorities.
Overnight last night, anti-government protesters stormed a state-run television network. The channel was briefly taken off the air, but was resorted after a second night of fighting between protesters and government forces began to die down. Three protesters were killed in overnight clashes.
“[T]he deadlock has raised the prospect of an increasingly dangerous confrontation that could bring down the 15-month-old civilian government,” Omar Waraich wrote in Monday’s Time Magazine.
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We just had a military op in Somalia that no one is talkig about. Add that, too.
Take the beard off, he has features like Harry Reid. Scum of the earth. I meant Harry not the Imam!
How can the world be so unstable with the Savior of mankind in the White Hut??
On election night in 2008 the media and the world declared world peace and an end to all strife...
But in those morons head it is “BUSH’S” fault and nothing that is said or proved will ever change their minds. They are possessed by the Demons of Satan(OBAMA),or they have Liberal Stockholm syndrome= the belief that everything in the world revolves around a liberal state of mind and that liberals are the saviors of all humanity and that the people trying to tell them a different point of view are the real evil. Well that sums up liberals in the United States pretty good there.
Frankly, a military coup, as in Egypt, probably is the best-case scenario for Pakistan.
Good God, tell me Barry isn’t behind this one too. This is a nuclear power.
Pakistan will make a nice addition to ISIS ISIL Caliphate.
there IS a disturbing similarity there isnt there....
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Despite Obama’s best efforts, Iran may not have usable nuclear weapons before his term is up. But if Pakistan were to fall into the hands of the extremists, Muslims crazies may have nukes while Obama is still President after all.
Frankly, a military coup, as in Egypt, probably is the best-case scenario for Pakistan.
The Pakis have several hundred nukes floating around thanks to our friendly Chinese allies. The military has been OK so far but they undoubtedly have Islamists in their ranks.
And of course Iran is right door to Pakistan.
May you live in interesting times.
Let’s extract ourselves militarily and monetarily from this latest (oh no…another crisis!) iteration of a foreign entanglement and see how this plays out without us.
The variants of the “religion of peace” (/sarcasm) have enough manpower and weaponry to defeat those (like ISIS, Pock E Staaan) who have hijacked (/sarcasm) the “religion of peace” (/sarcasm) Let them duke/nuke it out.
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Thank you!
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