Thanks for the news roundup.
The outpouring of emotion and passions was a given from the start. Burning tires makes for dramatic photos and gives opportunity for dramatic narrative, but does not threaten the security of the nukes, or bring the government down. How long does it go on? Does it get worse or does it peter out? How do the other factions react? Does another shoe drop? What is going on behind the scenes?
We still have a lot of watching and waiting to do before we get a good idea of what the full impact of this will be.
The responses of India will be one good indicator to watch.
Yep, definetly time to just sit back and watch. Too early still to tell how this is going to play out. Bhutto had a big following (some polls had her going at something like 48% favorability). How much is this going to upset the applecart? Mushie has shown before that he’s not afraid to go into lockdown mode to preserve order.
I agree that the seriousness of this crisis can probably be measured by watching the readiness of the Indian military along the LOC.
Looks like the Indians are shutting down rail service bwtn the countries. I think there is a lot of news not getting out of Pakistan at the moment and what there is coming out is only coming out b/c of the spill over effect.
Train services between India, Pakistan stopped following violence in Pakistan
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7551399
NEW DELHI (AP) - India is halting its train service to Pakistan, citing “security considerations.”
Pakistan is mired in violence following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
There have been reports of mobs burning 10 railway stations and several trains. And a senior railroad official says rioters have uprooted a section of track leading to the Indian border. Bus services have also been canceled.
Trains are used by hundreds of thousands of poor families divided by the 1947 creation of Pakistan.