It's time to get ruthless in Pakistan

Foreign Policy by Dov Zakheim | May. 12, 2009 (Opinion)

In short, Pakistan in 2009 is looking more and more like Iran thirty years earlier, when the seemingly impregnable Shah fell in the face of hostile demonstrations and a passive army. Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - May. 13, 2009

Any comparison to Iran would benefit from mention of the CIA-sponsored coup that led to anti-American sentiments. Our interference backfired there, so the implication would be that is will backfire, or has backfired, in Pakistan.

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