“I don’t know what the Taliban’s game plan is, but what seems apparent is the state has no game plan.” – Christina Fair, of the RAND Corporation, on the Pakistan government’s paralysis in the face of Taliban advances.
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As long as Pakistan continues to receive the generous US economic and military aid, where is the need to have any game plan, when simply pretending to fight the terrorists is enough ? Ms Christina Fair knows it better than anyone else.
The US is a nation, that on one hand continues with its unlawfull, overt and covert global activities, while the media and the Congress voice concerns and criticisms against the wrong policies and actions of the State Dept. and the Pentagon.
This drama is played out to show to the world the greatness of American democracy, and Ms Christina Fair’s comments is just a part of this charade.
The American ways will not change soon, and there will be many more Vietnams, Combodias, Iraqs and El-Salvadors.