[HAL9000]

I expect that the U.S. will have some input into the choice of his successor.

[SolidWood]

I HOPE at least. The only damn I give about Pakistan are it’s nukes.

[HAL9000]

Times of India - Next Pak President may be a woman: PPP

[John Valentine]

I expect that the U.S. will have some input into the choice of his successor.

Given the anti-American bent of those who are coming into power, I doubt we'll have much input or even influence.

Moreover, this result is going to embolden the Islamists that infest the ISI.

You can expect less, not more, effort to control the lunatics roaming around in the Tribal Areas. You might even expect that they will be surreptitiously funded by the ISI.

Ditto for Kashmir.

These are likely to be troubled times for the Subcontinent.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I wouldn't count on it, not in Pakistan. At best, we'll end up with another government ruled by islamists. At worst, Al Qaeda will take over.

I wonder if Bush will regret telling Musharref that if he's going to be president of Pakistan, then he needed to take off that uniform?

Like another poster said, better the devil you know than the devil you don't.