Wow, I’ve never seen anyone claim Pakistan as “transitioning to democracy.” It would be funny if it wasn’t so obvious that Pakistan is a political powder keg for a very good reason.

“Government creates its own demand.”

I cannot recall who to cite for this quote, but I’ll bet they were never gullible enough to fall for the statist fallacy of democracy.

Then again, I’ll bet they didn’t have a spell-checker that didn’t know the word ’statist.’ (It seems the memory hole is at work everywhere)

The devolution of Pakistan was obvious as soon as Musharraf went against his “own people” immediately following 9/11. It was a classic catch-22, heads I win, tails you lose. Yet you think that this is a “new” problem?

Frankly, I’m surprised this situation has managed to last this long. But I guess they had to have someone familiar to pit the Sharrifs and Bhuttos against come “election” time.

Oh, and the whole PKK scenario was obvious before the Iraq War even started. It was one of the main arguments that the war would destabilize the region.

But hey, what else is war for?