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"The US has some cheek, I say!"
"If you are the sole superpower you can be cheeky but I thought the US had kinda backed off from sending drones in our part of the world."
"I was referring to US drone in Iranian airspace which the Iranians shot down and, then wait I am not finished, President Obama requested that it be given back."
"The technology is rather advanced and I hear the US is concerned that it does not fall into the wrong hands."
"Given who the US defines as the wrong hands I would say Iran is in the forefront. Besides what in the world did the US think Iran would do if it saw drones hovering in its airspace? Look at it with wonder!"
"I reckon, they were used to us Pakistanis looking at it with wonder!"
"Don't be facetious. And there is a difference - in Iran the drone was merely engaged in surveillance whereas in Pakistan drone strikes implied deaths and..."
"OK, but do you think Iran would return the drone to the US?"
"Well, we returned the helicopter for which our Chinese friends as well as Russians would have given their eye and teeth to get a look at and replicate."
"Ah, yes, the helicopter that was blown up by the marines who killed Osama bin Laden so that its technology could not be replicated."
"So it's all about not replicating technology, I guess."
"Indeed, a country stays ahead if it has a technology that no one else has."
"We have a technology that no one has either?"
"What?"
"On governance."
"You being facetious?"
"No, I think Obama could learn a lesson from our Gilani and the press releases coming from his house post-Zardari's departure for Dubai."
"What do you mean?"
"Bilawal Bhutto was featured twice with the Prime Minister, once alone and the second time co-chairing a PPP select gathering and let's be honest, Gilani's role vis-a-vis President Zardari was being played by Bilawal..."
"What role?"
"Silent spectator and then he had Bilawal pose with his sons..."
"Right, but what about the PM with Naek, the new Acting President?"
"New and improved?"
"That's sacrilege if you are a Zardi. But anyway, going back to what you said earlier I can't imagine Obama getting his daughter Sacha to co-ordinate with Joe Biden if he is on medical leave."
"Comes back to strong institutions, doesn't it!"
"Indeed, but strong institutions undermine the individual's power and that's a no, no in our politics today - even in PTI."
"Ah, yes."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2011

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