haha wow were u born yesterday boy>? Listen buddy first go get yourself enrolled in history 101 and then maybe you will be able to write something sensible or maybe even something slightly more admissible. Just to keep the record straight..... RAW has been behind every attack in Pakistan. ISA and CIA created Taliban to fight Russians because "USA" needed them. They create them... disown them and expect them to not retaliate?. Before Afghanistan USA had no troops in South Asia and now they do. Even being an Indian does that make you happy? Wake up boy it aint too late.
THE GLOBAL ELITE
20: Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan
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Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Published Dec 20, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Jan 5, 2009
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In theory this mumbling, chain-smoking general answers to President Asif Ali Zardari. But Kayani and his troops remain the dominant power in what could be the most dangerous country in the world. He's responsible for Pakistan's nukes; for the battle against Al Qaeda and its tribal allies along the Afghan border; and for managing tensions with neighbor India. So far, his army has kept itself out of politics and seems focused on the battle against jihadists. In the wake of the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Kayani stood firm on Pakistan's sovereignty while also taking measures against the alleged sponsors of the outrage.
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Kayani insists he's a committed democrat, but he nevertheless argues that military interventions (there have been four since independence 61 years ago) are sometimes necessary to maintain Pakistan's stability. He likens coups to temporary bypasses that are created when a bridge collapses on democracy's highway. After the bridge is repaired, he says, then there's no longer any need for the detour.
COVER STORY: THE GLOBAL ELITE
The study of power is not only diverting (which Homer and Shakespeare knew), but illuminating. A biography of an ancient human impulse.
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