No matter what people say about Musharraf (President or General), I say the others were worse. At the juncture when he came, there could have been no better person at the time. To take us through a time where we had the sad potential of becoming nothing less than Afghanistan and Iraq, where we needed someone to be the smarter brain understanding global politics rather than the low-blow politics played by others locally, I think he delivered.
OK so obviously, I am not anti-Musharraf. Saying all that I am a believer of democracy as well. But with a slight twist one can say. I say democracy is something which is the people's choice, the obvious definition. But do the people "really" have a choice? That is a question that one should ask when he goes around promoting democracy.
To have a democracy you need the options to choose from. Unfortunately, the people of Pakistan have never had that. It has always been a choice between the same feudal lords and army takes over when things go out of hand. How can people just forget the acts of the current potential leaders again....we are welcoming them....and they are acting like saviours...how can we all have such bad memory?
OK I am sure enough people criticize...whats the solution is what I ask? I ll put in my two cents here...as absurd as it may sound...there is none in the near future...its going to be survival for at least till the next generation...lets work towards that objective...lets hope we survive...
what our generation can do right now is to stop brainwashing our children...or letting them listen to the weird world of politics today....prepare them to be leaders tomorrow...try to keep them as away as possible from today's influence of politics....so that when the time comes....they can come with a revolution of their own....nice thought eh?
OK...here is a more on a public demand comment...fix the judiciary....have fair elections...Go Musharraf GO!!! I don't understand this at all....how can you ask someone to leave by saying Go Musharraf Go!!! That's a cheer....they actually cheered him all this while during his tenure...how ignorant of the opposition whether it be lawyers, politicians....everyone came out on the street and went "Go Musharraf Go!!!" and he took it all as a complement...and went on and on...hehehe...stupid...illiterate...people...and we are gonna vote for them...how lame is that?
On a more serious note...don't take the above as negative...do go and vote...and vote for the person you think is the best out of the worst...its that decision we have to make now....its we the people...one thing is for sure...its gonna be fair elections...more fairer than any in the recent ones....so the person who comes out winning will really have to run a serious political campaign be it underhand, aggressive or honest...it doesn't matter...its gonna be drama in Jan'08 at the elections....unless of course...PML (N) doesn't even put in a competition as the latest news say....they are boycotting them...
Obviously they know the results from before on so they are back to their old tactics...does anybody care about Pakistan here? I think one thing that Musharraf did bring to the table was his steadfast and strong actions....not once can I pinpoint were his decisions against the security of our nation...he was able to keep outside powers at bay so that they couldn't enter our border....he wasn't afraid to take on the world...and in that regard...our country survived the turmoil...well under him....
we have to unite...we have enough examples available to see in this world....see booming economies...and where they came from...look at japan, India, china...you have to be close together and work towards....a singular objective...but I am sure everybody has heard all of this before and many times....
so...enough said...the next government is a crucial one...cast your vote carefully...
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