I have a very bad feeling about this. Things were pretty iffy in Pakistan as it was, and this is likely to push things into overdrive. Emergency rule again? The one good thing that could come out of such a horrific act is that the radicals will lose more support among the population.

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Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich