I agree with most of that.
However, it can give the appearance of that inconsistency of which I wrote:
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Bob's World
What type of government, what rights, what procedures? It is the logic behind the framework that is important, not the specific framework or what is hung upon it.
That's true and you usually write words to that effect -- but then things like this appear:
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No one will ever hear me promote 6 years as the perfect term length for a senator, or 25 as the model for eligibility for congress, or that two houses is the only way to go, etc, etc, etc.
Only that this document was written with a keen eye to preventing insurgency, and has several mechanisms designed for that purpose that have proven quite effective. But until one is willing to swallow the hard fact that the vast majority of insurgent causation radiates out from government, rather than in toward government from some "malign actor" employing "radical ideology" it may well be hard to appreciate the importance of such a governing document in the prevention of insurgency.
I'll agree that you are not pushing the US Model -- but I have to say it sure reads as though you are -- and frequently, you more assertive along that line...
Note the incongruity. First para offers unlikely and throwaway possibilities in one short pithy sentence, a one liner in essence. The second para pushes the 'US Model' of excellence in quite a few more words...
It's not the detail, it's the overall impression. I offer that not to be a picker of gnits but just as a casual observer and for your consideration, no more. I will now go get more coffee... ;)
Hey. I get enough of that "Don't you have anything else to do..."
from my Wife, thank you berry much...:o
Ah, the benefits of retardation coupled with retirement. :D :D
Observations sought: updated
Distracted by chores and once again watching a wedding.
A quick search found a large number of references and there is a comment on a Pakistani military blogsite. So as an example only:http://www.news24.pk/detail.php?nid=1642
Which has:
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A foundation affiliated to the Pakistani army is recruiting retired military personnel from the Pakistan Army, Navy and the Air Force who will be deployed in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain at exorbitant salaries....Over 1,000 Pakistanis have so far been recruited in March 2011 alone, while 1,500 more would be hired in the next few weeks, reports say.
The Pakistani Newsweek has:
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Pakistan already has a presence in Bahrain: a battalion of the Azad Kashmir Regiment was deployed there over a year ago to train local troops, and retired officers from our Navy and Army are part of their security forces. Media estimates put the number of Pakistanis serving in Bahrain’s security establishment at about 10,000. Their removal has been a key demand of protesters in the kingdom.
Link:http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/the-take/287
There are other, shorter suggestions of recent and current recruiting in Balochistan for the army and in Lahore for the national guard.
Pakistani troops aid Bahrain's crackdown
Bahrain continues to "bubble" along and catching up my reading of the RUSI website I found this review of the Pakistani role:http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...048574888.html
Nothing startling.