We could learn much from watching a master such as Musharraf herd his cats.
Right Whale - you are right on.
I say we give Pervez a little more time. People are getting all up in arms about his declaring a state of emergency, well, people are forgetting:
a.) That the Supreme Court was seriously undermining the prosecution of the Islamists. This all started unwinding because of the clean out of that Islamist rat’s nest - the Red Mosque.
b.) The Islamists were kicking the a$$ of the Frontier Guide (a sort of homeboy militia rife with corruption and sloth) in Swat. It was out of control. Desertions were wholesale and the Islamists had managed to get within 100 miles of Islamabad and it’s nukes. Couple that with the bombing of Benazir Bhutto’s welcome home parade...Something had to be done.
c.) The Pakistani merchant class is firmly behind Musharraf. The economy of Pakistan has improved every year that he has been in power.
I say let’s give this thing some more time.
About Benazir Bhutto - Beware. She’s the Pakistani Pelosi, people. Her govt was 1 of 4 in the whole wide world that recognized the Taliban in Afghanistan. And her corruption? I wouldn’t want to touch that with a 10 foot pole.
(P.S I’m no expert on Pakistan but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night.)