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Op-Ed Contributor - Pakistan, Drowning in Neglect - NYTimes.com

Bewildering account of a nuclear-tipped Muslim nation armed to the teeth and yet unable to help hundreds and hundreds of thousands of it's people under water and in deep poverty. If you read nothing else, look at the last paragraph. Yes, all nations are inextricable knots of paradoxes, and Pakistan is no exception, but perhaps with an imagination colored by the work of Salman Rushdie, the reality in rural areas bordering Afghanistan is that much more stark.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/opinion/26sethi.html?_r=2