Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president

eatfastnoodle wrote:

On Aug 14, 9:16Â*pm, "La N" wrote:
"Tiger" wrote in message

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Just when the world is watching something else, the other shoe
drops....

Yahoo! News

Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president: report

2 hours, 56 minutes ago

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will resign rather than face
impeachment by parliament, the Financial Times said on its Web site,
citing government officials and a member of his circle.

Just yesterday, I believe, I was watching on some news shows interviews
with Pakistanis who say that the hatred that Pakistanis have had against
America is because of the US support of Musharraf who is very unpopular
in his own country.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens next.

- nilita

I believe it's more of the other way around. Musharraf is hated
because of his alliance with US. Blair used to be hottie NO.1 in
Britain until he became Bush's poodle NO.1 in the eyes of his
countrymen. The former Spanish prime minister got himself voted out of
office because he was seen too close to the US. I suppose you don't
seriously believe US is hated because of Musharraf? I mean, come on.

Probably has more to do with Mushareff being hated by the ISI.
(Pakistan's version of CIA/KGB/MI-5 and 6)
Those guys are the nastiest stripe of Islamic fundamentalist, and
are the folks who gave us both the Taliban and Al 'Qeda.
Taliban Afghanistan is a classic example of an ISI "Pakistani expansion" op.
Find some bunch of nasties, pump them up with weapons and cash, and
send them into a "disputed area" to stir up trouble so that the Pakistani
military can rush in to "save their Muslim Brothers" - basically a re-run
of Opewration Grand Slam in 1965, which ended up with Pakistan getting
thrashed by India.

The will of the people doesn't count in Pakistan. The ambitions of the
factions, including ruling and expanding the Islamic world, do.

--
Pete Stickney
Any plan where you lose you hat is a bad plan