Attention all democracy lovers: this post is dedicated to you. The US’s latest strikes on Pakistani territory killed 12 people. Local people report that many were women and children, but I suspect most people reading this will dismiss these as unconfirmed reports. It’s hard to count accurately the number of lives taken by the US [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan’
Why should Pakistan fight America’s War?
Posted in Democracy, Politics, tagged Democracy, Pakistan, war on terror on September 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Mugabe and Musharraf: two sides of the same coin
Posted in Democracy, islam, Politics, tagged Dictatorship, Islamic extremism, Mugabe, Musharraf, Pakistan, Zimbabwe on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mugabe is a dictator. Most people believe this statement to be true and feel strongly about it. And most, if not all, have come to this conclusion through information fed to them through the western press. Regardless of the petty successes some may site, a dictator never deserves support and excuses are very rarely made [...]
US Double Standards: the sequel
Posted in Politics, tagged Afghanistan, double standards, George W Bush, hypocrisy, Pakistan, US foreign policy on June 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
There’s an expression frequently used in the Muslim world to describe the west, it is the all too familiar words, ‘double standards’. Speaking in London about the inflamed tensions between Mr Karzai and Islamabad, Mr Bush said “Obviously it’s a testy situation there… And if I’m the president of a country and people are coming [...]


