After, my last post to you, it dawned on me that you would be incapable of making a determination whether Rice is likely to have said that Pakistan IS a model for other Muslim nations. For you to do so, makes certain assumptions.
For a start, it assumes that you have some historical and current knowledge of Pakistan. Given your various postings, it is evident that your knowledge of Pakistan is, at best, rudimentary - and I am being generous.
So I decided to list - off the top of my head - some current and historical facts pertaining to the country.
After you review these, decide for yourself whether a country with this sort of profile IS the model that we would like for other Muslim nations to follow.
Pakistan is an undemocratic country run by a general - Musharraf - who overthrew the democratically elected government.
Musharraf just reneged on his promise to give up his role as the head of the armed forces.
Pakistan has been run by various army generals during most of the years since its inception almost 60 years ago.
A brief episode of democratic rule ended when the army overthrew the government, arrested the Prime Minister, tried him on trumped up charges and then hanged him despite world wide protests.
Pakistan was one of only three countries that recognized the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government. Saudi Arabia, and the UAR were the other two.
65% of the country based on a Pew Research poll support Osama bin Laden
There is widespread antagonism towards the US in all segments of Pakistani society.
In Pakistan, women are treated as chattel and "honor killings" are condoned. Basic rights of women are routinely violated.
Blasphemy laws are so broad that if anyone says some thing that is construed to insult Islam, they can be tried and if found guilty they are SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Christians and other minority religions in Pakistan are persecuted – especially through the use of the blasphemy laws.
Pakistan has been opposed to Israel since its inception.
Supreme Court decisions are ignored by the government – if the government does not agree with the ruling.
It has been responsible for more nuclear proliferation than any other country in the world. Iran and North Korea – the current concerns of the Bush Administration – received at least part of their nuclear technology from Pakistan.
Corruption is rampant in all walks of life
There is a substantial and growing radical Islamic movement in Pakistan.
Pakistan has supported terrorism against India.
Pakistan is notorious for its madrassas which raise children to hate the West in general and the US, Israel and India specifically.
The use of torture is condoned and Pakistan has been repeatedly been cited for human rights violations.
Congressional Research Services recently reported that Pakistan is probably the "most anti-American country" in the world today.
The CIA projected that it would be a failed state by 2015 based on the grave structural problems that exist.
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