Pakistan in Peril

An article in Hong Kong's Asia Times brings together a number of recent instances in which Pakistan would appear to be very badly governed. These could be easy to shrug off as typical of third world countries, except...if Pakistan fails or falls into civil war, our effort in Afghanistan clearly becomes pointless, if it isn't already.

The article shows that Pakistan has no national cohesion; it is rather a collection of tribes whose only unifying principles are Islam and fear of India.