"I was devastated."
"Hey, the fact remains that we have little clout internationally and the reason is that we, unlike India, have no money to buy expensive items from the recession-ridden West."
"And the fault for that lies with?"
"OK, it lies with our military dictators, and as proof let me point out to you that in 1999 when Musharraf took over power India and Pakistan were being compared but when he left there was simply no comparison."
"And the fault for our issues with terrorism lies with?"
"OK, the dictators again, the disastrous pro-Taliban policy..."
"Right and the fault for our issues with Afghanistan lie with?"
"Dictators again but hang on will you....the country has never been more divisive than now. Who does the fault for that lie with?"
"Ah there you have it - it's our politicians and Mian sahib and his band of wooden baton wielding Maula Juts have been fuelling this divisiveness just as much as the Khan and his cricket bat wielding loyalists, and that's not good, given our current state of isolation."
"Didn't Mian sahib's appointees, in the US and in this country, have that press briefing explaining to you media morons of what he has achieved on his visit to New York to date?"
"I have only seen Mian sahib on Pakistani media - print and electronic - and not on any foreign channel or newspapers and I have been trolling quite a few..."
"Those decadent Western..."
"How in the world will he internationalize Indian atrocities in Kashmir when no one is airing his movements and statements and..."
"He has written a letter while there..."
"Couldn't he write it from back home?"
"He has saved the tax payers money for Pete's sake - the stamp cost was a lot less."
"Oh stop it. I grant you the guy is working as hard as he can."
"Anyway I was not devastated because of all this, but did you hear Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt?"
"Oh dear, I give up."
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