As long as Musharraf does what we want, the government of Pakistan is going to have our support. Why wouldn't they?
There's no denying, though, that millions of Pakistanis don't support us. I'm not sure what to do about that, though. Millions of Frenchmen don't, either, although so far they haven't assassinated any of our CIA agents in Virgina.
On one hand, we criticized Pakistan for suspending democratic rule. Afterwards, we complain about who was elected, in an election that was manipulated to help elect people who support Musharraf.
There's no easy answer, and it only proves that Pakistan is going to be a problem for quite awhile. The hope that they will turn into Turkey within a few months is nuts.
>>in an election that was manipulated to help elect people who support Musharraf.
But it didn't work. The jihadis are in power in the very provinces that the US needs to search.
Comparing Frenchmen to Pakistanis is a stretch, even for FR.
And has Musharraf really done what we want? The evidence is overwhelming that he hasn't. Exhibit A - Recent shipments August 2002 of unknown materials to North Korea.
Exhibit B - Agreements to supply WMD to Saudi Arabia.
They're NEVER going to turn into Turkey. They've had 50 plus years to do that and haven't nothwithstanding being a valued ally of the US during the ColdWar.
But Bochgrave is really thumping on Pakistan. Every little bit helps.