They aren't wrong. According to them, US's skyrocketing trade deficit means it's becoming ever more democratic. You see, US may soon be the first country in the world with 2 sitting Presidents at the same time. That's the pinnacle of democracy right there. Could China and Russia do that? No? Well, take that Russia and China!!!
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They aren't wrong. According to them, US's skyrocketing trade deficit means it's becoming ever more democratic. You see, US may soon be the first country in the world with 2 sitting Presidents at the same time. That's the pinnacle of democracy right there. Could China and Russia do that? No? Well, take that Russia and China!!!
And tyrant Xi is gonna commit suicide by jumping into Tarim basin oil field because of lack of all the votes he wanted. Huge oil fields aren't sign of strengths, they are sign on weakness.
War is peace, Freedom is slavery
U.S. adds 7 China-related entities to export control list
Most linked to aerospace, accused of seeking items for military useWASHINGTON -- The U.S. has added seven China-related entities, mostly related to aerospace, to its export control list, citing national security and foreign policy concerns, according to a U.S. Commerce Department notice published online on Tuesday.
According to a notification posted to the Federal Register, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. 9th Academy 771 Research Institute, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. 9th Academy 772 Research Institute, China Academy of Space Technology 502 Research Institute, China Academy of Space Technology 513 Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corp. 43 Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corp. 58 Research Institute and Zhuhai Orbita Control Systems were added to the list, indicating suppliers of U.S. materials or services to these entities will need a license before shipping any goods.
Commerce said the entities were added for "acquiring and attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items in support of China's military modernization efforts."
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Truss you know dam well its going to be doggy like the dirty dirty chihuahua you are Truss.And Liz Truss counter with three words "At What Position"
Imagine being a P5 member, having the 5th largest economy in the world and nuclear weapons but not being able to buy commercial goods without asking Americans. This is not allyship. This is being a subordinate.
I didn't see this post sorry for the late reply.
So an outright internal coup has never happened before. But then again, this situation is also unprecedented, because 90% of the Army's rank and file also supports PTI. So there is a very high risk of this now. In the past, whenever the COAS didn't want to leave (and it has happened before) eventually the Corps Commanders would either force him out (like Musharraf), or even assassinate him (Zia). Of course, you never know what actually happened behind those closed doors, but there are deductions one can make.
Urgent reform is something most bureaucracies resist by nature, and that goes double for armies. And there aren't many civilians who actually understand the problems within armies, and armies don't tend to listen to civilians anyway. So a lot of things have to line up for genuine reform to happen.
Not exactly. Corruption isn't the problem with the army for the most part. There are a lot of other problems, the most important being inertia. Our army is still too heavily indexed on the infantry, which is cheap to acquire, but very expensive to maintain. This causes problems like their real-estate dependency, which then introduces avenues for corruption. But overall, it's just dumb inertia and lack of operational skill in recognizing and solving problems, which also reflects in their infantry-heavy ToE and their operational performances in wars.
It's only because the Pak Army is up against an even more incompetent foe (i.e. Indian Army) that their own failures get swept under the rug.
Man, it is some stroke of luck that Pakistan's enemy is the definition of incompetence.
Corruption is always the biggest problem in all countries and organisations. Why can't the Army get reformed? You say inertia, I say corruption.
Why does COAS along with his accomplices (Corps Commanders) couped the civilian government (hint: its corruption and consequently treason).
Why is the military interfering in all aspects of governing Pakistan(economy, diplomacy, social)? Corruption again.
Inertia can legitimately be a reason for an organisation to be slow in changing, but "inertia" (what you describe Pakistani Military to have) is basically just another form of corruption at this point.
Who is delaying changes, why?
Is it so they don't lose their jobs? (Mild) Corruption.
They fear they will lose power? (Serious/sacked) Corruption.
Fear of their salaries and kickbacks getting reduced/eliminated? (Jail) Corruption.
Sometimes we say corruption as a word but we don't fully understand what corruption trully is. Either for fear of losing money, power or job, it is always corruption. What differs is the form and the seriousness of corruption. For example, stalling changes for fear of losing your job due to structural changes that would improve the organisation is definetely corruption (from the organisation's perspective), but it is a "logical" corruption for a human to have. Can ultimately be a sackable offence (in serious countries) but usually its a reprimand/official-warning. In any case, you can understand why people feel and act that way.
Now if the corruption is due to fear of losing power then this is definetely a much more serious offence. If the fear of losing the job can maybe cause a reprimand, then this form of corruption is definetely a sackable offence and probably entered into a black list for ever again getting into any high/managerial position in the government.
Corruption is ethereal and never-ending. We may invent new words for it, but it is always there waiting and plotting. Just to clarify, legit inertia exists, but from what i am seeing so far in Pakistan's military, it has "inertia" (corruption)