Yes, you are right about how the rigging has distorted the representation of Pakistani people because while rigging does take place everywhere in this world, I learned that in Pakistan it was on such massive scale that in some sectors the votes cast were over 150% of the registered voters.
Oh, about the umbrella thing, you may be right... I don't know much about it, but never read it anyway.
However, I will tell you this - In India many great institutions were funded by a lot of international powers... even the biggest medical institution - All India Institute of Medical Sciences was funded by New Zealand. Few Indians know this fact. Yet, such a gesture shall be replied in the same manner, and it won't be right if Indians go on to prostrate in front of the Kiwis for that.
No help is offered without a profitable agenda behind it. While Saudis may be right in their position to expect military help from Pakistan, the Pakistani society does not deserve to be treated as some guinea pig for Saudis' ideological experiments. I mean, in the end it comes down to nothing else but money - not religion, not region, not race, just money.
That is why it is not surprising that after seeing Indian economy rising somewhat, the Saudis are cosying up with Indians so much they are ready to offer even subsidies on their oil.
Idhar koi kisi ka bhai nahi hai... And to be honest, I feel Pakistanis in general live in some sort of inferiority complex. They have much much more resources than the Saudis do, but they are not willing to realize this simple fact - Pakistan is any time richer than much larger Saudi Arabia. And it is this lack of realization that has kept the Pakistani people from attaining larger goals and made them toe the Saudi line.
