Comments on: President Musharraf’s Attack and Defense http://themoderatevoice.com/11545/president-musharrafs-attack-and-defense/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:38:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/11545/president-musharrafs-attack-and-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-64513 DLS Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:22:30 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/television/president-musharrafs-attack-and-defense/#comment-64513 The problem is, what should the US do (including what many would say, nothing, get out, do not interfere, but then those same people will be at the forefront of complaint when Pakistan becomes worse, and extremists have even more control of nukes and missiles there than they do already). The problem is, what should the US do (including what many would say, nothing, get out, do not interfere, but then those same people will be at the forefront of complaint when Pakistan becomes worse, and extremists have even more control of nukes and missiles there than they do already).

]]> By: Swaraaj Chauhan http://themoderatevoice.com/11545/president-musharrafs-attack-and-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-64431 Swaraaj Chauhan Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:14:15 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/television/president-musharrafs-attack-and-defense/#comment-64431 Well put Cernig. The irony is, as you mentioned, that by its continued support to General Musharraf the US administration is indirectly strengthening radical Islamists and antagonising the liberal and middle-class Pakistanis. Well put Cernig. The irony is, as you mentioned, that by its continued support to General Musharraf the US administration is indirectly strengthening radical Islamists and antagonising the liberal and middle-class Pakistanis.

]]> By: Cernig http://themoderatevoice.com/11545/president-musharrafs-attack-and-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-64421 Cernig Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:56:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/television/president-musharrafs-attack-and-defense/#comment-64421 Hi Swaraaj, I've been following this as it developed all week. Musharaff, in attempting to consolidate his position for another five years, has drastically undermined it instead. What is becoming clear, however, is that by leaving secular political parties with exiled leadership, Islamist groups have been left with a clear field to become the "opposition". Still, Musharaff is a military dictator and the Army might yet clamp down with force. At that point, one ever-present danger is that the Pakistani military practically defines itself by animosity towards India. It wouldn't be the first time a dictatorship has subdued its populace's discontent by foreign belligerence. This has the potential to become the foreign policy nightmare we discussed last year. Let us hope it doesn't come to that. Regards, C Hi Swaraaj,

I’ve been following this as it developed all week.

Musharaff, in attempting to consolidate his position for another five years, has drastically undermined it instead. What is becoming clear, however, is that by leaving secular political parties with exiled leadership, Islamist groups have been left with a clear field to become the “opposition”.

Still, Musharaff is a military dictator and the Army might yet clamp down with force. At that point, one ever-present danger is that the Pakistani military practically defines itself by animosity towards India. It wouldn’t be the first time a dictatorship has subdued its populace’s discontent by foreign belligerence.

This has the potential to become the foreign policy nightmare we discussed last year. Let us hope it doesn’t come to that.

Regards, C

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