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« Daschle's Trent Lott Moment? | Main | Speech Reaction » January 21, 2004Horror in PakistanA regular reader of HobbsOnline asked me to link to this story about some horrific child-labor camps in the lawless areas of Pakistan. He's right - more people ought to know about this. Thousands of innocent people, including hundreds of young children, are subjected to unspeakable torture in slave camps in the lawless tribal areas of Balochistan province and the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan.A 39-year-old man who escaped after 29 years in the camps tells his story. My thoughts: The government of Pakistan isn't to blame - it doesn't run the camps or condone them. But it lacks the power to really do anything about them. What can America do? Continue to support Pakistan's current leader, Musharraf, whose instincts are right, and continue to try to spread liberty and democracy in the Middle East, and pray it ripples across the Middle East and Central Asia and brings a new and better day to what is now a breeding ground for repression, slavery, poverty - and terrorism. It's in the interest of both the children of Pakistan and our own national security interest. Posted in Around the Globe
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Thanks Bill! Posted by: a. at January 21, 2004 03:53 PMYour logic holds up adequately with regard to the Pakistani government being blameless. It would be true that if they do not operate or condone the camps, then they are not to blame for their existence. However, could you please explain why the government lacks the power to do anything about them? They seem to do an adequate job of tracking down and dispatching insurgents. Also, they are so far maintaining the security of a nuclear arsenal. Finally, we have shown how far we will go to liberate people who are enslaved and opressed--to the extent of mobilizing our entire nation for the humanitarian relief of suffering. As I have asked before, where is the threshold level at which it is appropriate for us to intervene? Perhaps this matter is just not yet large enough. Posted by: SemiPundit at January 22, 2004 03:19 PMPost a comment
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