[rusculture]

Bye Bye Mushy, you won't really be missed.

Hey, at least he isn't being sent into exile, or being executed, yet.....

[FuXA8nQM]

He's President, a position of considerable power, for at least for the next few days...

[ppaelkos]

They recently promised to send commandos to Waziristan.

The idea that a popularly elected gov't would operate with less freedom against the Islamic Emirate of Wazirstan than Mushy is largely a myth. We bought him, and we're just as easily buying the PPP/PML-N. Except this government doesn't have to worry about losing power to popular institutions, and therefore doesn't need to rely on a coalition with Islamists and the folks at ISI to maintain support.

As I said in the other thread, a competent crew at State would go a long way here. This is ultimately about balance of power politics.

[iodigmaFemZem]

[Super-Luser]

The US will miss Musharraf and his policies, but the Pakis won't. The Paki army will also miss Musharraf, as he had some control over the ISI. Now the ISI will be much freer to undermine anti-terrorist efforts and stir up internal politics thru selected killing and other hijinx. Another case of "May you live in interesting times" being a curse.