Pakistan is a country we’d rather not think about, having been described somewhat accurately as “an army that has a country, more so than a country that has an army.” The various ethnic groups which populate Pakistan have in common only two things: Islam and their opposition to India. History suggests that is barely enough to hold the nation very uncomfortably together.
Current internal unrest and political violence there demands a look in as taken here by Al Jazeera. What is found is predictable … Pakistan continues to be a mess of angry people with shifting alliances and wheels-within-wheels power struggles. Briefly: Pakistan equals snafu. Let’s leave them to their shared misery for another few years. Hat tip to RealClearWorld for the link.
