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Most certainly the state believes in security and welfare - just not of it's citizenry, it is this , that should be obvious.

Media are only following ideology that the state propagates - and therefore the confusion, one set of Jihad mongers against another, after all Talib, LeJ, LeT SSP and others, they are/were, all creatures of the state

The echo of sarcasm I can still discern - There is a thread " Portraying Terrorists as Heroes - the author makes the point somewhere along the line we lost story line, we went native, drinking our own bathwater -- time to reverse that.

Please do read critically -- note what the author holds responsible: And therefore "Ideology, Media & Militancy"

Is he blaming the media? Also see thread "Ideology Media & Militancy"

Yes, but they have been talking for long - anyone who thinks that Rana Sanaullah's mission to the LeJ was not assisted by elements of the ISI need to get their head examined.

PTI supporters still do not understand what happened in the recent elections --

No it can't be an of these - WHY not? Because recall that Pakistan helped get the Talib to the Table in Doha ---

To the Amir Hakimullah Mehsud Ayaz Amir Friday, June 28, 2013 Respected Amir Sahib, we have no quarrel with you. The areas under your command, where the righteous flag of the Taliban flies, we ceded control of a long time ago, and we have learned to live with the outcome. Our...

That's disappointing --- not just because it does not offer substance, but because it is such a cliche -- Pakistan's energy crisis? Not sexy enough -- OK, if there was substance to this perhaps information about how China is assisting Pakistan design, test and manufacture reactors???

Consider my consternation when presented with the idea that established and plateauing state represented Pakistan and India, Athens, that challenge made me aware of an equation I had not even considered - in this bath house we are all naked

You are kind, I read your critique, I found it "rushed" - I hope you will allow more time and a couple of more reads to allow the ideas presented to settle - invective cannot suffice for analysis, everything must be and is open to challenge, It must be recalled that Kaplan does not make any...

It was said and I had said to Aryan B that there is a particular venality to the Pounjabi Wadera (Nawaz) and many took exception and asked why just Pounjab, are not Waderas and Sardars from other places not equally if not more outrageous?? yes they may be, but they do not have the opportunity to...

I thought I was following my conscience -- and I must admit I know very little of Jefferson, but on your suggestion, I must learn more about his thought

Here the real deal -- Most of us here are urban and middle class - So either there is something very wrong with us or there is something very wrong with the Pakistani state/ What the ... What are you on about ? Look, there seems to be a disconnect between our values and those that the...

See what many of our Indian friends are missing is the point Kaplan makes about what the area that is today Pakistan and what it's identity affiliation is AND how Eastern and Southern areas of what is now Afghanistan, a traditional part of that cultural and economic continuum -- That is the...

So, Ms Sethi, which is it?? if indeed this was the will of the people, and yet benefits of representative democracy "trickle down" to the poor, are we to take that you are confused about the will of the people, or if Democracy and the apparent affluence of a majority of Pakistanis, may one day...

Please also see a thread : Ideology Media & Militancy on this forum Also "Sparta" analogy is deeply flawed when applied to Pakistan -- Sparta was only a problem to Athens and vice versa because of the competition between a established and plateauing power (Sparta) and a rising power (Athens)

Advanced in what sense? capabilities? Attention and funding? Projects? intended purpose and use of the program ?(for my money it's clearly Iran)

What's to discuss, it's pretty straight forward -- some people, it is obvious have not read the entire article which I posted