My friend Pakistani friend Sehban just sent me the following email, which I thought was worth passing along in light of today's news:
The tragedy of [Pakistan] is that it suckles at the teat of feudalism and ignorance. That the only non feudal leader to hold office in the better part of two decades was the one who brought about social progression is no surprise. It is even less of a surprise that he was so unceremoniously forced out of power by the feudal parties. The passion for any given issue in Pakistan is inversely proportionate to the understanding of it.
It is tragic that Zardai, a man of at the very least a deplorable character and possibly guilty of acting in accordance with it is now the puppet master of that country will cause more despair than before.
The Islamists and feudalsshould rejoice, while anyone with an IQ superior to kumquat should mourn this day, not necessarily because of the man who was deposed but rather what he was deposed for.
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