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India-Pakistan
MusharrafÂ’s maxims
2006-05-28
By Ahmad Faruqui
Based on the general’s recent statements, he is planning to stay in power through 2012 — under the guise of creating sustainable democracy. And as that year approaches, expect the deadline to shift to the year 2017. Not bad for a man who was given a three-year term by the Supreme Court.

Rumour has it that General Pervez Musharraf is planning to write his memoirs and they should be coming out in a year or two. Presumably, they will describe how he saved Pakistan through enlightened moderation and will become an instant best seller.
Posted by:john

#4  How about Pakistan further broken along ethnic lines and kept too busy with internal strife to play with nuclear matches, gromky?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-05-28 14:26  

#3  What's the alternative to Musharraf? A nuclear-armed fundamentalist Islamic state, that's what. I don't like Musharraf any more than anyone else, but those are the choices.
Posted by: gromky   2006-05-28 07:54  

#2  He's not so bad. He's liked by many moderate and modern families in Pakistan, holding back the jihadist. India and Pak seem more peaceful. He's somewhat working with the US. I can't imagine any previous Pakistani leader doing the same. I just hope he doesn't become a Shah.
Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087   2006-05-28 03:43  

#1  you sir, are no George Washington. Just another garden variety tyrant. You won't be remembered when you are gone.
Posted by: 2b   2006-05-28 02:50  

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