Zoopolitik

Why isn’t the nearly 20-year-old United States Rewards for Justice program working in Pakistan? BBC News security correspondent Frank Gardner sums it up in a single word: “pashtunwali.” Gardner explains, “Anyone caught betraying a fellow Muslim risks finding their family dishonored for generations.”

Consider Osama bin Laden, who has been the subject of numerous “wanted posters.” As Mike Scheuer, a former CIA officer explains, “He’s been in Afghanistan since 9/11. It’s the third poorest place on the planet. We have $200 million of reward money outstanding, including $50 million for Osama and no one has come forward to take a cent. I think we need in the West to grow up a little bit. Everything doesn’t pivot on money.”

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