87 Quotes by Husain Haqqani

Most people have not started thinking about the political aspect of the aid, ... But when they do, the government is in trouble.

willing to share power with the civilians in any meaningful way?

this may take the wind out of their sails.

There will be a long-term questioning of the relationship between the citizenry and the Pakistan state.

A strong man instils confidence in the short term, but in the long term politics is about how people relate to each other.

The list of American grievances is long: Pakistan developed nuclear weapons while promising the United States that it would not; the United States helped arm and train Mujahideen against the Soviets during the 1980s, but Pakistan chose to keep these militants well armed and sufficiently funded even after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989; and, from the American perspective, Pakistan's crackdown on terrorist groups, particularly after 9/11, has been halfhearted at best.

Throughout the Arab and Islamic world the feeling is that we are now in top gear for a war of civilizations, a clash of civilizations. Support for the United States is very low and there are no voices within the Muslim world, except for a very few.

Three American presidents-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson-have asked the question: What do we get from aiding Pakistan? Five-Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama-have wondered aloud whether Pakistan's leaders can be trusted to keep their word.

The man in the street has not been the beneficiary of the U.S. aid