Pakistan and the United States: Where Do We Go from Here‪?‬

Byline: Ms Saadia Abbasi - Email: saadia.a50@gmail.com In the July 4th 2009 edition of 'The Economist' the columnist who penned the 'Lexington' page, in bidding farewell to the United States, drew upon the writings and analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville about America to draw his own views about that country. Intellectual discourse and historical analysis guided his approach to a topic that can generate admiration, enmity, envy, despair, fear, awe, shock, and disrespect. The views and debate can be endless and arouse every kind of passion. As anywhere in the world, in Pakistan also we talk about policies, leaders, politics, decision-makers, military planning and our relations with that country with every kind of authority and conviction that a pen or a commentator or analyst can muster. Discourse is a good thing and reflects the prevailing views on a given subject matter.