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To Aamir Ali:
please try to understand that this is part & parcel of democracy and something that is accepted across the world. Incompetent or corrupt people get elected all the time in India but we don’t see them rushing to denounce the process. Again, I ask if India can survive with the likes of Modi, Lalo Prasad and RSS then what’s wrong with Zardari.
Claiming that it is the result that matters is what leads us to situations like this where institutions are weakened and check & balances vanish. I think it was Churchill who said something like “democracy is the worst form of government we have but it is the only one we know that works”. Countries where institutions flourish and rule of law is established are the ones where people don’t take short circuits by saying that results are all that matter.
Knowing the arrogance of the man, he will screw up. Right now, I bet he feels pretty smug thinking that he has outsmarted everyone. But if our history is any indicator he will eventually screw up.
Don’t discard a whole process because you got results that you don’t like this time.
Well, he has proved himself to be shrewd so far. If it is channeled in the right directions, we might actually get somewhere, provided the govt does get a chance to run through its time & survive the many crises.
I have no idea why but I for some reason am hoping that this guy will do things better! But ok wait again, most probably there is no logical explanation to this feeling of mine – because I might be thinking like a Pakistani! A Pakistani who is willing to always go through the same tests again, but of course on a different date…
All hail to the generous Jahaliat of me and my fellow country men!
But yes again, kya pata Zardari acha ho geya ho!
Alix:
If jahil awam has elected incompetents, which awam itself called incompetent crooks, then why not call the awam jahils?
Some Pakistanis only care about ideology while others are more interested in results. The results of the 1990’s were very poor and the results from this current govt are even poorer. That cannot be forgiven simply by screaming “democracy”.
Both were days of shame. One is a renowned crook and the other a military dictator. What have we done to Jinnah’s Pakistan! I’m no fan of the PPP, and especially not of Mr. Zzardari aka 10%, but I do hope that his prison sentences have instilled some sense into him and he can act above his personal vendettas and financial agendas. Who am I to question the will of the people, but sometimes wonder how our people are so gullible.