I never understood the timing of our pressure on Musharraf to step aside. That said, the middle of a crisis is the worst time for the blame game.
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Benazir Bhutto had a reputation for corruption, but she had guts. I’m not sure her current successors have guts.

re: #160 Kenneth

Some measure of duplicity has always been a feature of international alliances, but the Pakistani government’s seemingly casual indifference to the Taliban’s progress toward Islamabad appears completely illogical.

It’s not illogical if the Pakistani elite views the country as an entity to be plundered. It’s not illogical if Pakistani assets have been transferred to foreign accounts registered to government officials.