Pakistan reels under Swat offensive

All of Pakistan's major political parties have given their support - along with the United States - to the operation, but with no exit strategy in place, the unfolding humanitarian crisis looms as a bigger threat than the Taliban. Full Story »

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3.5
by Mark Monday - May. 14, 2009

Like a great many of the Asian Times articles, this one is written from "a point of view." The story provides some valuable insights, but it is not the whole story. Only when a reader understands the writer's viewpoint is it possible to understand the whole piece. Looking at a story like this is like trying to understand the difference between looking at the Grand Canyon from Bright Angel Lodge and looking at it from an airplane at 30,000 feet. In one you see more details of a particular area; in the other you see the overwall picture minus the detail.

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