Why Pakistan's military won't take over
By Reza Sayah reporting from Islamabad
Pakistan is facing its most serious political crisis in years, with rapidly escalating conflicts between the civilian government, the military and the judiciary, against the backdrop of a faltering economy, widespread poverty, corruption and the bloody war with Islamist militant groups.
The country was founded in 1947 as a democracy, but in times of crisis the army - Pakistan's most powerful institution - has overthrown the civilian government on the grounds that the leadership had been unfit and corrupt.
Rumors of another coup have been swirling around the current crisis - but analysts say a military takeover is highly unlikely this time around.
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AMERICANS ARE WINNERS AND NOBODY WILL TELL US WHAT TO DO IN OUR OWN COUNTRY
the reason the pakistan army will not take over is because of what they learned from iran and taliban ,= deny , deny , deny , deny , and after all this is the same people that said , we do not know where bin ladin is.
Americans are assholes, as you can see below. I am one of them.
cos they suck c0ck and dont have balls :0
Because they're wusses.