Lawyers in Pakistan

This is a photo of a lawyer in Pakistan being beat up by the so-called "security forces" there. The guy in cream colored clothing is supposedly a plain clothes cop. I would call him a thug.

It is disgusting what Musharrraf is doing to the protesters in Pakistan lately. It is also disgusting what he is doing to the Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists - he is making nicey-nice with them. I do not believe in violence, but then I do not believe in letting criminals get away with violent crime. Apparently, Musharraf does.

Pakistani Lawyers Angered as Hope for Change Faded

Behind the public rage of Pakistan’s lawyers, who protested for a second day on Tuesday, lies a long-smoldering resentment toward the country’s military president, who at first held out promise for educated, politically moderate Pakistanis, but steadily squandered their support. That disappointment turned to fury after the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, abolished the Supreme Court and scrapped the Constitution, touching a raw nerve among Pakistan’s lawyers, some with degrees from the best universities abroad and with experience in how other societies had preserved legal rights.

Oh, they are getting "change" alright, just like the US is getting more and more "change". It is just not the kind of change you would want to see. It is the kind of change that destroys countries, and murders lots and lots of people. No, it is not the kind of "change" that any decent person would want to see, either here or in Pakistan.

And today, Musharraf called for elections in February 2008. He also said that he would stop "wearing the uniform" - that means he will no longer be head of the military (I think). Now, if they do go ahead and have elections there, won't bush and rice be surprised when they elect radical Islamists and the Taliban.