The rule not the exception:
"Pakistan’s beleaguered prime minister reaches out" by Karin Brulliard, Washington Post / January 4, 2011
KARACHI — Analysts said the political turmoil could stall military action against Muslim extremists that the United States believes is key to success in neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistan’s army could use the lack of political consensus to avoid operations that clash with its perceived strategic interests.
War is always the most important thing in my paper.
The crisis also all but guarantees that lawmakers will not make progress soon on fixing Pakistan’s deep-seated problems in areas like education, health care, and infrastructure that have contributed to economic decline and rising militancy.
Pakistan, with a population of more than 180 million, faces chronic power outages that can last up to 16 hours per day in some areas during the scorching summer, and up to a third of its people lack access to clean drinking water.
Partly due to the floods that fell down the MSM memory hole here in AmeriKa.
Average income per capita is less than $3,000, and the average adult has fewer than five years of schooling.
But the elite live well, so....
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I will be going on one of my own, dear readers.
I've been called into work, can you believe it?
Related: Quick Prayer at the Pakistani Mosque
Wanted to get one in before I left.
