| The strength of the American political system is that any person with the right qualifications can become President; the weakness of Pakistani political system is that everyone with ambition thinks he should be. |
| Few Americans are likely to be propelled so precipitately into the Presidency, as the inexperienced Harry S. Truman was in 1945 after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Then again, few presidents will ever again have the opportunity Truman did in April 1951, as Commander-in-Chief, of firing a senior general for insubordination. [EXTRACT] |
Published in THE NATION 15 July 1993, and reprinted in THE ARMLESS QUEEN (1994). |
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