I think the main thing here is if Pakistan does indeed turn into a situation similar to Iran back in the 1970s that we don't have a dryball president in office who doesn't do anything about it like Carter. The thing that really makes me worry is the fact that Pakistan is already a nuclear power. The world cannot afford to see Islamists take that country over. I for once agree with Skybird (holy hell) but I would rather take a dictator like Musharraf then watching an Ayatolla walk into power via elections. The Islamists are already master chess players and pros at using our own systems and ways against us.....this is one more step.
We have been trying to court the Islamists through diplomatic means for some time over there and trying to do it any way possible to avoid violence and putting pressure on Musharraf to do the same. This has failed as these folks only have a single minded ambition to get it and convert everyone to their way of thinking or die trying. Perhaps it is time we give them their wish. I hate to sound this way but deep down inside I can't help but think that what Musharraf needs to do is to round up the Islamists and make those folks disappear quietly. The only way to stop these people is to kill them.
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