Asia's Dithering Democracies
Asia's Dithering Democracies By Hannah Beech Thursday, Jan. 01, 2009, TIME A Pakistani voter casts her ballot in a small village outside Peshawar, Pakistan Paula Bronstein / Getty Images They called themselves the people's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), but their aims were hardly democratic. During their 192-day protest campaign, the PAD paralyzed Thailand, blockading the capit..