She has a lot to say, and I think it would pay to listen to her.
But [laughs] I think I would want to make clear to him that he’s opened a third front in my country. By allying America with this government, he has furthered the cause of the Pakistani Taliban so immensely, so immensely. Because when you’ve got these guys fighting the seventh largest army in the world and the first largest army in the world, and they’re fighting and they’re losing their homes, people forget that they flog women. People forget that they are in favor of an incredibly repressive Sharia system. Because what they see is that [the Taliban] are fighting a corrupt system, a corrupt government, a violent army.
Wow. I only had time to skim it, but there’s a lot worth going back for. Thanks.
Obama was right on Pakistan. He was right on Iran. He was right on Iraq. His opponents, who called him “naive” each time, were wrong.
I appreciate your position, however I have to say I am more swayed by Fatima Bhutto’s thoughts on the matter of Pakistan.