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Saturday, October 14, 2006

We're Allied to a Technate!


We may have a technate as an ally. Here is Paula Newberg's review of Line of Fire:
Musharraf's post-hoc defence of his coup d'état and an angry retort to those who believe he has undercut Pakistan's democratic prospects. Like generals Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan and Zia ul Haq before him, he excoriates politicians whom he believes have ruined the country, and refers to the achingly unfinished electoral cycles of the 1990s -- during which prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif twice traded places -- as "sham democracy."

Mostly, however, Musharraf's is a soldier's story that unwittingly illuminates six decades of trying history. His narrative of governmental succession is familiar: Civilians are corrupt, soldiers are not, and when politicians disagree with the army, the army rightly takes over the government . . . .

Musharraf's paternal disinclination to cede control leads him to mimic the civilians he otherwise criticizes. "I do what I think will make my people happy," he notes: To appoint the prime minister he wants, he simply manoeuvres around the rules of parliament . . . .

2 Comments:

Blogger J.C. said...

Wrong context. Wrong connection . NO connection. La La land as to your post. NO connection with the technocracy movement of North America.

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Blogger J.C. said...

Technocracy is not a political system. I suggest you actually educate yourself as to what our social proposal is for this land area. There is no connection to your last two posts. None , Nada, 0.

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