However, the notion that Pakistan «may well
tip over the brink» (p. 211) if it comes under another quasi-military is debatable, if history is any guide.
Everyone knew what was coming, that's why they were there, and as such the merest hint towards it was rapturously received, like a couple of hundred people were teetering on the
brink, ready for the undoing of a button to
tip them
over the edge.