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Originally Posted by Kursed
During my stay in Pakistan—my first in five years—there were undeniable signs that militancy and the influence of fundamentalist Islam had grown. In the past, military officers, politicians, and journalists routinely served Johnnie Walker Black during our talks, and drank it themselves. This time, even the most senior retired Army generals offered only juice or tea, even in their own homes.
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I'm sorry, I have yet to understand this hilarious fascination with drinking. Just because all Muslims do it, doesn't mean they're completely liberal and will love America. Someone one explain to Hersh that it's a very very personal issue; those who do drink, more power to them; others that don't offer you oodles of booze everytime you walk in to their houses are following a new chain of life. Would you be alarmed if a vegan started serving you meat at their table to pacify you? No, they made a choice, you're aware of it, and learn to respect it.
Secondly this fascination with our nukes is amusing. India has a larger stockpile than us I believe. Why are we not concerned that a Maoist uprising may potentially target similar installations? Why not the right-wing Hindu parties access the nukes and blow us all, etc?
Regardless of the lack of coup d'etat nature of India, there's a threat ever present for their stocks as well. A similar threat exists with any country that has a nuclear arsenal. Why shouldn't we just all collectively invade other countries to check their arms inventories?
Thirdly, I sense alot of BS in the article. I do enjoy reading the New Yorker, but this seems so inflammatory, etc. I'm not asking for a rosy picture, but constantly naming unnamed sources, etc just reeks of pathetic investigating. If you feel that issue is this important, cite the people that are in the know. Don't hide behind this comfortable wall of "unnamed" sources.
Fourthly, yes I will appreciate my generals for keeping their mouths shut about our nuclear arsenal. It's not like the US shares every covert op that goes down in the world. Sovereignty is important to everyone. Keep your noses out of it. If there's an issue and we can't figure it, we'll contact you and vice versa. I love the naivety of these generals thinking that we're going to openly tell you what we have, etc. Seriously, we may be "backwards", "extremist", etc to the world, but we're certainly not that retarded.
In my opinion, if there's been a load of ridiculous hoo-ha, it's this article. Just the conflict alone shows how confused the author has been about presenting the issue. All I understood towards the end is this wonderful theme of "PAKISTAN WITH NUKES = DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM, since we can't see it either."