One question that is still not clear to me is whether the government is not doing enough because it does not care (enough) or it is not doing enough because it cannot do any more than what it is doing right now because of its limited resources?
As a counterpoint I can quote the example of the US, who with all its resources has not been able to provide timely and adequate help to Kashmir, a region so critical to its war on terror. A very nice apologetic argument is made in a recent Newsweek article that gives some very plausible reasons for the tardiness shown by the US.
Given the facts explained in the Newsweek article it is not difficult to extrapolate and argue that the Pakistani government is stretched even thinner. I therefore, confess that it is the latter explanation that makes more sense to me. There are some acts that defy reason though. As mentioned in the article by Mr. Amir one of our crucial ministers spent 12 days in the US before getting back to Pakistan. However, as ignorant and far placed I am from the ground realities of the politics in Pakistan and the whole situation I cannot say anything with conviction.
I remember seeing the movie Thin Red Line a few years back. The theme was that every man fights his own war as was evidenced by the motley characters behaving in their own set ways and some even dying for their convictions. It is hard not to find parallels between the movie and the situation in Pakistan. I guess in the end it all boils down to one’s intentions and convictions.
