The invention of Pakistan: how the British Raj Sundered.

From: World Policy Journal | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Think of an Islamic country of plenary importance to Washington whose military leaders are notorious for their determination to acquire nuclear weapons, a country that has flouted international sanctions and promoted violence across its frontiers. So prevalent is local anti-Americanism that its voters last October awarded provincial power to radicals vowing to expel U.S. forces from border areas that shelter al-Qaeda chieftains who had fled from Afghanistan.

To be sure, the paragraph above does not express the whole truth about Pakistan, nor is it so intended. But it is ...

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