No Charge in Pakistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/world/asia/24pstan.html?th&emc=th

As in my other posts, I've stated my nationality...so naturally I take interest of the country, Pakistan. It's hard to see the nation crumble under the fate of a reckless ruler.

Bad rulers are just inevitable, it seems. But somehow, when they do come down- they cannot come down with dignity. They must always struggle. Musharraf is doing his best to hold onto any hope of keeping power. Issuing the state of emergency was probably the most embarrassing and shameless decision.

Apparently the four months after elections have left the country without a leader. Violence is taking its opportunity to spread across the regions. An image appears in my head when I think of this:

If you've seen Escape From New York with Kurt Russell, you probably know what I'm talking about.

Nobody is in charge and nobody is willing to take charge...then again- its a prison.

But Pakistan has no leader and militants are taking their chance and tribal areas that carry the Taliban and Al-Qaeda are finding sanctuary.

What's interesting though is when I went to Pakistan, everybody was ok. I went to Islamabad all the time and had no worries. The news always scares people out of their wits making this country sound like Manhattan in Escape from New York.

Another issue is that there is a big split of communication between the federal government and the central government. The big folks won't let the smaller people in on some of the deals that's been going around.
I think this is being very poorly handled. How do you function a democracy if there is not a set strategy.
The definition of democracy is:

The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.

You have to gain the people's respect to ensure their safety, most importantly. Musharraf very publically denied them this. Thousands of people were arrested and confined to their home. The supreme court lost many judges and many were harmed.

I remember watching this horrific happenings on the Pakistani news channel. As political opponents were leaving a building, Musharraf had his men stone, beat, kick those who did not vow to accept his laws.

Now there isn't any communication between the government and the people, the power for leadership still floating freely, militants are slowly taking over, and nobody has a plan.