I particularly like his statement, even after staying 40 years in a democracy like Canada, the immigrant Pakistani population has not imbibed the lessons of democracy. When Mushy carried out his coup, scores of these immigrant Pakistanis rushed to Pakistan to congratulate him for his illegal and treasonous act of overthrowing a democratically elected Government.
I think it's got more to do with a situation where Pakistan continues to continuously find itself in a hopeless situation, and anyone who can provide that glimmer of hope, they will cling on to that. If you look at it, what is IK giving to Pakistan? A little hope. Rhetorically he is striking the right cord, of what the average guy in Pakistan wishes to listen to, though he doesn't have much of a track record to show off for his credentials.
It's a desperate situation really for these guys, and has been pretty much so at least since '71, well since '47 in a way.
If we go back in history, when ZAB phenomenon happened, it was again largely based of rhetoric, and that little glimmer of hope, so was it with Zia, followed by Benazir, and Nawaz to be followed by Musharraf, and now, at least for the rather limited middle class of Pakistan, IK.
@topic, I find Tarek Fatah a little characterised like a fanboy, I have followed him in more discussions, and when one starts to probe him further, he comes across as someone who has not thought his arguments well enough, someone like a Najam Sethi comes across a lot more convincing who can present two sides of an argument.