You can put all kinds of spin on it you want, that PA is following the gov't and that's how it should be, here is the thing, bro, it sounds like a total croc s***.
You can call my reasoning all the names you want, but that does not change the fact that my reasoning is correct, and you have no rebuttal to it. As pointed out by Patanjali, the majority of the people in Pakistan, liberal, moderate, conservative, expressing outrage, especially at the Army, are merely resorting to emotional ranting without substance.
The facts are facts - the Army is required to follow the GoP's directives, and it did so in the case of Raymond Davis. The only party that can be blamed in this particular situation is the PPP, and the PML-N, since both chose to not antagonize the US for the sake of continued aid.
Pakistanis know what needs to be done to break the shackles of this transactional relationship with the US and have an independent foreign policy and an economy not in need of foreign economic support - it is reform of the Public Sector Enterprises that cost Pakistan billions of DOLLARS every year, as well as tax reforms that result in a significant number of the 91% of Pakistanis not paying taxes being brought into the tax net. The nation needs to have an open dialog on the short to medium term painful measures that need to be taken in order to achieve a degree of economic autonomy from foreign support, and then elect and stick with those that promise to take those measures and reform Pakistan, and not those promising to make Pakistan an 'Asian Tiger' or 'Roti Kapra Makaan' for everyone, without a single credible economic policy to implement.
Pakistan Army has let the nation down. Tribesmen are dismayed at the army, the govt, the country. People in the rest of the country are outraged at the army for not shooting down drones.
The Pakistan Army is an Army, not a government. During Musharraf's time every single criticism of the Army made on this thread was completely applicable, since the Army was essentially running the State. But it is not running the State now, an elected government is in place, and Pakistanis need to look to pressuring the government to change its policies, while looking to the Army to continue to respect the decisions made by the Government.
Pakistanis need to stop being hypocrites - Musharraf was hounded out of office for being a dicatator, with loud calls for democracy. Now that the Army is supporting the democratically elected government on an 'unpopular' policy, Pakistanis are ranting and whining against the Army for not doing exactly what they kicked it out of power for.
Make up your minds Pakistanis - do you want a government elected by Pakistanis, or do you want military rule? If the former, then you cannot blame the Army for the Davis fiasco, and if the latter, then come out on the streets in favor of Martial Law, and then hold the Army accountable and pay the price for not being able to influence the type of government we can have through elections.
