Re: Musharraf's loyalty, don't bet the farm on it.
http://www.dawn.com/events/speech/20010919/index.htm Re: alliances, they evolve (get over it).
Lord Palmerston
"We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow."
-- March 1, 1848, remarks in the House of Commons defending his foreign policy.
But he didn't really mean that speech. It was for domestic consumption and to appease the mullahs so he could cooperate with the US. I like the references to the tried and true Mucca/Medina strategy. Some things never change.