Feb 12, 2012
Pakistan, Are We Listening?
Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan. Flickr photo under the Creative Commons For the past couple of months, Pakistan has dominated the headlines. Today, another blast at a mosque kills 7; yesterday, militants take control of Pakistan fort; etc. But now it looks like Washington is finally paying attention. What do you think we should do?
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Since you asked, I its
Since you asked, I its helpful to support legitimacy in governance and delegitimize the methods of guerilla attacks as a means for people to get what they want (a simple idea to start.)
I think some reasons the second part is complicated are the same as what the NY Times slides said: The militants think the gov't is attacking fellow Muslims and is engaged in a jihad which is really a "cut and paste" version of scriptures. (I agree with whoever said that in the TNT event). And places in the NWFP were the launching point of the Taliban and the mujahideen who were supported against the Soviets. I think that the idea of jihad requires a lot of study and these current methods should be a thing of the past. The good thing is that there are experts in the area, they just need to be heard.
Moreoever, people are not eye to eye on the war on terror for different reasons - because they have a broader culture and visceral daily reality that is not noticed, because it was never something you saw everyday, because people are more likely to suffer from poverty/disease, and because people sometimes distrust governments.