I should be clear where I stand. The hunger for education is ravenous. This is the third world knocking at the door of the first - then, without answer, slinking away again because it can find no ruling stability in freedom to match its dreams. Perhaps in practice - but never in principle. Democracy depends on weathering the lows and well as scaling the heights.
Democracy is the stuff for all seasons.
This time, the traditional army assumptions are caught by a painful new logic. Next time, the elected Pakistani prime minister needs to look forward to a happy old age.