[blam]

"A country devastated by the bloodlust of the jihadis."

I worry about Turkey and Pakistan 'sliding' in the same direction as Algeria. (recent elections)

[swarthyguy]

I think Turkey's safe because the military is determined to remain secularist.

Pakistan is iffy; despite popular misconceptions, there is a very strong strain of jihadism in the military.

Putin's words in Moscow did not refer to Pakitan's military in the singular; he used the word 'armies' implying different corps commanders with competing loyalties.