[caltrop]

Musharraf's a man in a very tough spot and someone we should be listening to. Two of Pakistan's four provinces have elected governments which openly support the Taliban and Pakistan has both nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them throughout the region. A pretty solid argument can be made that Musharraf's a big part of what keeps them out of the wrong hands.

[servantoftheservant]

Musharraf's a man in a very tough spot and someone we should be listening to.

You're kidding, right? Do some research man. Musharraf presided over the installation of the Taliban gov't in Afghanistan. The Taliban are a creation of the ISI, and the Pakistani military openly supported the Taliban for years.

[Travis McGee]

Pakistan had better attempt to join the modern world. If they anger US enough, their lights and water can be turned off with ease, and 100 million people will be too busy trying to stay alive to bother with the outside world.

IOW, these nations packed with insane murder cultists need the West a heck of a lot more than the West needs them. Ditto for Egypt, Saudi, etc.