Recently a fellow historian did a study to see what the average shelf life was for US backed dictators. Turns out the average is about 10 years until they are deposed, go renegade, or just get so violent and out of control we take them out. Well, looks like the 6th most populous nation on earth is now in the midst of an all out battle for control of the state. On one side the massive, nuclear armed, Pakistani Military, led by General Pervez Musharraf. The other is composed of radical elements that span many ethnicities and regions, but can safely be called Islamist in nature- these forces include Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Hizbul Mujahideen, and the Taliban. Then there are the various tribes that are essentially hostile to the central government, such as the Balochis, Pashtuns and others. Then there is the political/civilian side, led by such people as former PM Benzair Bhutto and the former Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, the former supported by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the latter by almost the entire legal community in conjunction with various middle to upper class citizens. One way or another, it looks like our Dick Tater is going to be ousted or have to kill a lot of people. Here is a list of some of our former friends-Saturday, November 10, 2007
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Recently a fellow historian did a study to see what the average shelf life was for US backed dictators. Turns out the average is about 10 years until they are deposed, go renegade, or just get so violent and out of control we take them out. Well, looks like the 6th most populous nation on earth is now in the midst of an all out battle for control of the state. On one side the massive, nuclear armed, Pakistani Military, led by General Pervez Musharraf. The other is composed of radical elements that span many ethnicities and regions, but can safely be called Islamist in nature- these forces include Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Hizbul Mujahideen, and the Taliban. Then there are the various tribes that are essentially hostile to the central government, such as the Balochis, Pashtuns and others. Then there is the political/civilian side, led by such people as former PM Benzair Bhutto and the former Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, the former supported by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the latter by almost the entire legal community in conjunction with various middle to upper class citizens. One way or another, it looks like our Dick Tater is going to be ousted or have to kill a lot of people. Here is a list of some of our former friends-
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why so many different names from Haiti?
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