According to some reports, Pakistan's military has become an economic powerhouse, owning almost everything worthy of being owned. They therefore have more than military power - they have financial power to influence Pakistani society.
How can the U.S. criticize kleptocracy in the face of Halliburton, Blackwater, the bursting coffers of Exxon, or other corporate citizens that have swelled at the public trough?
It is true, the Bush regime hasn't removed Supreme Court justices, or beaten lawyers in the street. Yet.
Then again, there aren't thousands of lawyers on the march, protesting the daily assaults on their Constitution, or for judicial independence.
While they may tear out their hair in quiet isolation and frustration, they haven't felt the need to emulate their Pakistani counterparts.
There are many roads to dictatorship, and some (as in German history, for example) do not evoke widespread opposition.
The day may come when we begin to envy the Pakistanis for fighting for their rights.
But that day has not yet dawned.
--(c) '07 maj
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