Protestors from the hardline military-linked religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan were killed by Pakistani security forces during a rare demonstration.
Thanks for this vivid glimpse of brutality by the Pakistani military.
It certainly affirms the view that Pakistan's growth and development as a nation has been hampered by three things: 1)the military itself which has always ruled with an iron fist over the elected government; 2) the nation bending its knee to the United States, which only wants to serve its own interests, not Pakistan's interests; and 3) rampant corruption within the government.
Not surprisingly, jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan had an agenda to address all three issues -- clearly what the majority of the public wanted since he was the most popular leader ever.
This sounds very much like a Night of Long Knives situation, further underscoring the point you reported on Breaking Points, about how dictators all follow the same playbook, regardless of the "religion" or "ideology" used to undergird the power grab.
I remember getting jumped by Stalin bros (yes.. didn't know they existed either), when I compared something Trump was doing to something Stalin did. The playbook is always the same, and this example in Pakistan follows that pattern, an extremist fringe called out in support of the military (just like the SA), but then used as an example and warning just like when Hitler purged the SA during the Night of Long Knives.
(Similar purges occurred of Ba'athists in Iraq, Stalin's purges of the NKVD, Mao in China, etc.. I think you all get the idea. I recommend the PBS "Dictator's Playbook" which covered this in detail, while avoiding the more obvious dictators like Stalin and Hitler)
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Thanks for this vivid glimpse of brutality by the Pakistani military.
It certainly affirms the view that Pakistan's growth and development as a nation has been hampered by three things: 1)the military itself which has always ruled with an iron fist over the elected government; 2) the nation bending its knee to the United States, which only wants to serve its own interests, not Pakistan's interests; and 3) rampant corruption within the government.
Not surprisingly, jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan had an agenda to address all three issues -- clearly what the majority of the public wanted since he was the most popular leader ever.
To know how corrupt the current government is, simply watch this groveling, sycophantic praise that current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lauded on Trump this month: https://x.com/meghupdates/status/1977793706154721482?s=46&t=wepjGc_HBsLq3Gpb-c4oeQ
The word "peace" has been defiled. Will it ever recover its true meaning?
Is anyone NOT doing heinous things?
This sounds very much like a Night of Long Knives situation, further underscoring the point you reported on Breaking Points, about how dictators all follow the same playbook, regardless of the "religion" or "ideology" used to undergird the power grab.
I remember getting jumped by Stalin bros (yes.. didn't know they existed either), when I compared something Trump was doing to something Stalin did. The playbook is always the same, and this example in Pakistan follows that pattern, an extremist fringe called out in support of the military (just like the SA), but then used as an example and warning just like when Hitler purged the SA during the Night of Long Knives.
(Similar purges occurred of Ba'athists in Iraq, Stalin's purges of the NKVD, Mao in China, etc.. I think you all get the idea. I recommend the PBS "Dictator's Playbook" which covered this in detail, while avoiding the more obvious dictators like Stalin and Hitler)
Well, it's pretty clear why the Pakistani PM didn't nominate himself for a Nobel Peace Prize.
This is ghandis old homeland
He would wondering how Starvations i have yo do to bring peace now