Well, CK, some people agree with my concern.
’Pakistan's role is a delicate matter. Too large an American presence could encourage protests and possibly destabilize the country, a frightening development for Washington given the wellspring of anti- American sentiment among Pakistani citizens and that nation's nuclear weapons ability….’http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/international/21MILI.html?todaysheadlinesFrom another excellent report from Pakistan comes this general view of attitudes to the USA:
‘…the hostility spans the classes. A banker said to me: "The attack on New York was repaying America in the same coin."
He thinks the Americans are astonishingly and dangerously solipsistic -apparently unable to comprehend grief unless it is their own. ‘http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/from_our_own_correspondent/newsid_1554000/1554940.stmI, too, worry about friends in Pakistan, and India.
