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| India-Pakistan |
| Pakistan in crisis: left to help themselves |
| 2010-08-07 |
| The army, the real powerbroker in Pakistan, has deployed some 30,000 troops to help in rescue and relief operations, but outside Peshawar yesterday the only military convoy in sight was a regiment of artillery making its way north. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #7 When you have been the incubator to most of the terrorism in the known (and unknown) world the sympathy is hard to come by. |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-08-07 20:48 |
| #6 The seeming insensitivity of the Pakistani ruling class is nowhere better illustrated than by the decision of President Asif Ali Zardari to carry on with a visit to Britain, despite the progressive immersion of his country. Wonder if 60-70 rooms at the Hotel Villa Padierna in Marbella would've been okay, though? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-08-07 16:27 |
| #5 good news is more rain is in the forecast. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-08-07 14:02 |
| #4 Karma! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-08-07 13:07 |
| #3 "But they better not impose any conditions and there better not be any wimmin aid workers!" |
| Posted by: Fred 2010-08-07 13:02 |
| #2 With masterly understatement, army Major-General Athar Abbas summarised the situation. “We do not have the kind of resources to cope with a situation like this, and I think the international community should come to our help.” |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-08-07 12:53 |
| #1 where is my nano violin? bad thing is I see a big AID check heading their way soon. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-08-07 12:13 |