Nerve Endings Firing Away

An editorial in the Urdu daily, Roznama Ausaf, while lauding prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s assertion that Pakistan will give a befitting reply if its sovereignty is threatened, writes, “This is the same country which, despite being militarily weaker, had handed a stunning defeat to a much powerful army” [source].

Err…which victory are they talking about? As far as I remember, every armed conflict at least with India, the Pakistani army has ended up on the losing side. Or are they also counting cricket matches? This is the state of the Pakistan mainstream media that lives in its own dreamland so how can we expect anything more from its corrupt establishment? I’m told the Pakistani people want peace with India and are all bhai-bhai in their attitude. Sadly, I don’t see or hear of them very much. In the same article:

Zardari also said that, as a nuclear-armed state, Pakistan would behave as a responsible country, but would not budge under any pressure.

Ah! Nuclear proliferation by your top scientist and providing refuge to terrorists is so much like “responsible behavior”, right?