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1、Nosignofarainbow风雨之后,难见彩虹Aug19th2010Badlygovernedandshortoftheforeignhelpitneeds,Pakistan’speopledeserveanewcovenant在失败的领导和不及所需的国外援助的情况下,巴基斯坦人民理应达成新的盟约LABOURINGundersomanycurses,Pakistanisasill-equippedasanywheretodealwithoneofthemostfar-reachingnaturaldisasterstheworldhasseenfordeca
2、des.Miredinpoverty,misruledbysoldierandcivilianalike,andpreytoinsurgency,Islamist-inspiredterrorismandsectarianstrife,Pakistanhasnowsufferedfloodingthathasdelugedbetweenone-fifthandone-thirdofthecountry’slandmass,andaffectedupto20mpeople.ThegloomiestpunditsthinkPakistansimplycannotco
3、pe:theyforeseemountingsocialunrestandfurtherusurpationofthefunctionsofgovernmentbyeitherthearmyorTalibanmilitants.在一场堪称近几十年以来世界上最严重的自然灾害面前,经历了众多诅咒般的磨难的巴基斯坦就像世界上的任何地方一样表现的措手不及。从深陷贫困,被军人和民选政府不当统治,到成为叛乱、伊斯兰主义恐怖组织和宗派纷争的牺牲品,如今的巴基斯坦正遭受着一场肆虐了全国五分之一到三分之一土地并影响2000万人生活的洪水的打击。最悲观的专家认为巴基斯坦再无力承受如
4、此的灾难了:他们预计到将有激增的社会不安,更进一步的是政府的职能将被军队或者塔利班取代。Ultimately,theypredictthetotalcollapseofastatewith180mpeopleandanucleararsenal,whosesoilprovidesal-Qaedawithitsglobalheadquarters.Comparisonsaredrawntotheloanapprovalandpostcreditapprovalofficer/atalllevelsinaccordancewithcreditapprovalrule
5、s,licensingandeventualexerciseofcreditdecisionpowerofpersonsorinstitutions.Reviewfindingsandreviewcomments,accordingtotheBank'screditdevastatingcycloneinthethenEastPakistanin1970,whenthegovernment’sbotchedresponsewasafactorbehindthewarthatledtoBangladesh’sindependencethefollowingyear
6、.他们预计,最终,这个有着1亿8千万人口和核武器,并为基地组织和其全球总部提供活动土壤的国家将会完全崩溃。人们把这次跟1970年当时的东巴的那场灾难性的飓风作类似比较,当时政府的笨拙反应正是除了战争以外导致第二年孟加拉独立的一个因素。Thereisanoteofdesperateattention-seekinginthepleasofreliefofficialsastheytalkupthescaleofthelatestcatastrophe.Buttheyarerightthat,intermsofitsimpact,ifnotitsimmediated
7、eathtoll,itdwarfstheawfulKashmirearthquakeof2005.TheymayevenberightthatithasaffectedmorepeoplethantheDecember2004tsunami.Anditisnomorethantheplaintruththattheworstisyettocome—intermsofhunger,disease,lootingandviolenceasvictimsscrambletosavethemselvesandtheirfamilies.Over700,000homesh
8、avebeendestr