"The NYT reported that US Secretary of State Condi Rice tried to fix
Musharraf's subsequent dwindling legitimacy by arranging for Benazir
to return to Pakistan to run for prime minister, with Musharraf
agreeing to resign from the military and become a civilian president.
When the supreme court seemed likely to interfere with his remaining
president, he arrested the justices, dismissed them, and replaced
them with more pliant jurists. This move threatened to scuttle the
Rice Plan, since Benazir now faced the prospect of serving a dictator
as his grand vizier, rather than being a proper prime minister. With
Benazir's assassination, the Rice Plan is in tatters and Bush
administration policy toward Pakistan and Afghanistan is tottering."
On Dec 27, 2007, at 1:50 PM, justifiedright wrote:
Scary stuff in Pakistan. Musharef seems to be the old enemy of my
enemy is my friend.
Whose guarding the nukes today?
We had decided to not chase Bin Laden into the Tribal areas
uncontrolled by Musharef because it was alleged that if we did the
delacate balance of power could be upset.
Seems pretty upset now. Perhaps its time to go in and destroy that
area. Nothing good can come from those Islamo-fascists housing UBL.
Will need an army massed along the border to hold back India though.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Tommy, you in?
>
> ....
>
> His appearance came as U.S. officials here struggled to cope with
the
> immense policy implications of the assassination on relations with a
> nuclear-armed country that has received billions of dollars in
American
> financial assistance and is an ally in the war on terrorism. White
> House spokesman Scott Stanzel said Bush planned to speak with
Musharraf
> as soon as it could be arranged Thursday.
>
> ....
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