tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post2123388736755630214..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: What, me worry?Capt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-73821310010795042482007-09-26T16:21:00.000-04:002007-09-26T16:21:00.000-04:00The Orwell character was Goldstein, I believe - th...The Orwell character was Goldstein, I believe - the guy behind everything and who could never be caught.<BR/><BR/>That's why Bush hasn't gone after him, but still he's real and he's a real figurehead and inspiration for people who blow up trains and buses.<BR/><BR/>None the less, I'm concerned about a peaceful election and a moderate government for Pakistan, just as I am for us.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-43790762334651488522007-09-26T13:54:00.000-04:002007-09-26T13:54:00.000-04:00If you've read Animal Farm by George Orwell, Osama...If you've read Animal Farm by George Orwell, Osama Bin Laden is snowball. He's a convenient spook to put on parade when the ruling powers need him. Musharraf and his people overplay that card in order to tell the U.S. - "support me because he's the alternative", as if those are the only two choices the Pakistani people have.Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-18466365360901209192007-09-26T09:11:00.000-04:002007-09-26T09:11:00.000-04:00I'm no particular friend of Musharraf and I'm worr...I'm no particular friend of Musharraf and I'm worried about his crackdown and that it might lead to chaos and fighting and the possibility of another military intervention. <BR/><BR/>By the fact that Osama is in Pakistan and nobody has turned him in, I have to assume that he has some support. The area of Waziristan he is said to inhabit is being called Talibanistan by some.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how to measure the amount of support he has there overall, but I can't discount all testimony just because I don't like it.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-12491674805478611062007-09-25T17:55:00.000-04:002007-09-25T17:55:00.000-04:00I don't know how prominent Al Qaeda is in Pakistan...I don't know how prominent Al Qaeda is in Pakistan (or anywhere else other than in the fertile imaginations of our politicians and media). All I know is that Pakistan was a democracy before Musharraf orchestrated a coup. There is a strong movement to restore the democracy and I don't think it's out of the question that such forces could triumph if Musharraf finally gets put out to pasture.Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.com