"If, however, by "taking advantage" of the farmers' plight, the Taliban
"[raised] alarm about the risks to Pakistan, which remains largely
feudal", what prevented liberal democrats in Pakistan as well as the US
from similarly "taking advantage" of this plight and trying to help the
landless farmers? The sad implication of this omission is that the
feudal forces in Pakistan are the "natural ally" of the liberal democracy …"