Two bad options Amid the current turmoil, Hasinas grip on power seems unlikely to last. If opposition protests continue, the country will be left with two bad options. One is a military coup, which would suppress political tensions but not resolve them. The parties opposing visions of Bangladesh remain even deeper than the Zia-Hasina feud: The BNP defines Bangladesh primarily as an Islamic nation, while the Awami League backs a secular state based on Bengali ethnicity. Since it would not begin to resolve that tension, a military coup would likely land Bangladesh in a similar political situation in just a few more years. The other option -- civil war -- would come at a catastrophic cost, potentially including hundreds of thousands of deaths, a massive refugee influx into India, and the ethnic cleansing of Bangladeshs Hindu population. Regardless of which direction the country takes, 2014 looks likely to be a very bad year for Bangladesh.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:47:30 +0000
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