The most interesting point in several of the mentioned articles on Afghanistan is that several are actually optimistic about Pakistan. While the majority of Pakistanis don't care for us (Americans), they don't want a fundamentalist nation or government either. As in Afghanistan, our attempts to help (drones killing civilians while seeking Al Quaida) push them towards opposition. Left alone, several authors say, they are making progress in establishing a working democracy and will deal with their own problems.
Sometimes adults think they need to solve all their kids' problems. Often that becomes an oppositional situation. Likewise the first world errs by imposing its world view on second and third world nations. Opposition and dysfunction are often the result.
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