US wants a strong, democratic Pakistan: State Department
"We want to see a strong, democratic Pakistan that works well with us and with the international community in addressing the terror challenges it has; that we are re-engaging after some period now in trying to get our working groups and other things back up and running to support our joint efforts to meet the terror challenge, and that is - that's the trajectory that we're on," spokesperson Victoria Nuland said.
Responding to a question regarding the Pakistan government’s reaction on the attack on Malala by the Taliban, she commented that President Asif Ali Zardari has spoken out against the attack on Malala.
"My recollection of this, and you’ll need to check, was that President Zardari spoke out the day of or the day after the attack. Let me, though, take this opportunity, first to commend the UAE, who transported her, and the UK, who are treating her for those efforts, and to express our continued hopes for her full, speedy recovery.”
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Stop contributing to our brain drain then!
Dear Victoria, You just have to believe that people get scared when the US State Department say they want democracy, American style, in their country. The theory sounds good, but in the end hundreds of thousands of people finish up dead. Please, just try to run your own country, which from all accounts you are not doing very well.
it is always extremely dangerous for any country when US says it wants democracy there
and they also want a country that they can boss around? and if they don't listen send in the drones?
For a strong and democratic pakistan incompetent, convicted and criminals should be discouraged. They have also failed to contain terrorism.