Former Pakistani Prime Ministers Sharif and Bhutto are hardly the right leaders to nuture democracy and fight terrorism. Read more »
State of Pakistan
“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” “Ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr.”
The Age of Turbulence
“There was no bigger question in Washington than, Why no second attack? If al Qaeda’s intent was to disrupt the U.S. economy, as bin Laden had declared, the attacks had to continue. Our society was open, our borders were porous, and our ability to detect weapons and bombs was weak. I asked this question of a lot of people at the highest level of government, and no one seemed to have a convincing response. The expectation of additional terrorism affected virtually everything the government did. And, inevitably, the defense bubble we’d created to protect out institutions influenced every decision. In 2002, the new home security program was prepared to significantly curtail individual freedom by such measures as tightening identification requirements, stepping up identity checks, restricting travel, and limiting privacy.”
The above are not the words of Noam Chomsky or that of Venezuelan Ambassador to Washington. These paragraphs are from a book, The Age of Turbulence (p. 227), written by an icon of the republican establishment and former FED Chairman Alan Greenspan.
People in Pakistan have some similar and equally disturbing questions. But that requires a separate chapter. More later!
