Radio War Nerd EP143—Pakistan Elections & Politics

Guest: TheseLongWars, Karachi-based blogger Recorded July 29, 2018 Pakistan has been at the center of a lot of wars and political intrigues over the past few decades. Last week, Pakistan held elections that resulted in a victory of a cricket star and "right-wing populist" — Imran Khan — who defeated the two main parties with backing from the real power, the Pakistan Army. But it's a lot more complicated than any of that—and lucky for The War Nerd, we have Karachi-based blogger and fellow politics nerd TheseLongWars to help guide us through the gory morass of Pakistan politics over the past few decades... At 1:22:00 the War Nerd and Ames look at current war news—Islamic State's savage attack on Druze villagers in Sweida & Syrian "rebel" sectarianism; Syrian Kurds opening talks with Assad government, as Afrin province descends into chaos; White Helmets evacuation mystery; Islamist insurgency growing in Mozambique's oil-rich northeast... We also answer a couple of RWN subscriber comments of the grumbling sort.