[thechat] "moderate" Pakistani gov?

[Bruce Heerssen]

Martin wrote:

>Ron White wrote on 18/9/01 10:27 pm
>
>>>And have internal politics to be worried about, as has Pakistan, whose
>>>moderate government is risking a civil war to be of assistance.
>>>
>>Since when is a military dictatorship, that came to power in a coup,
>>considered "moderate"?
>>
I think it was about the time that wanting to preserve one's civil 
rights marked one as a "Liberal".

-Bruce