Early Autumn Greetings, my notional reader!
Please accept my humble apologies for not posting anything since April. I have devoted a lot of time to ignoring "current affairs" and the world in general and am happy to report that I feel wonderful as a result!
However, I simply couldn't resist commenting on the news that Angelina Jolie has visited Pakistan.
One simply can't avoid feeling a little sympathy with the inhabitants of that country at the moment. An area with a rich cultural heritage stretching back to before BCE 1500, a diverse literary, political and physical landscape....in short, a civilized place.
More recently, the area has been forced to endure institutionalized radical Islam, corruption, and more general incompetence from its government and "allies", chiefly the USA. Added to this, a catastrophic flood, an even more catastrophic reaction to it from the "international community" and a betting scam involving its cricket team. One has to wonder, what else can go wrong? What's left?
Now, if the inhabitants had any doubt it was a basket case, Angelina Jolie has come to town. The trip was beautifully stage managed, Ange was wearing a lovely cut-down burka described as a "robe" and she arrived to "to highlight the ongoing needs of Pakistan at a time when global attention is waning."
There is no doubt, Pakistan is fucked....and it's citizens know it!
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