President Pervez Musharraf came to power in 1999 in a military coup. As of this writing he is not only President but Chief of Staff of the Army.
On Sunday, Musharraf seized emergency power in Pakistan and abandoned the constitution. This is the kind of unstable government the U.S. is dealing with in the fight against terror. Senator Joe Biden said Sunday on Face the Nation that the problem is that Bush has a policy for Musharraf but not for Pakistan, a country who has WMD but is not signatory to the non-proliferation treaty. In other words they don't have to yield to inspection of their nuclear facilities.
Why does the most powerful military and economic country in the world get mixed up with these kinds of people in the name of fighting terror? Bush took our country to war in Iraq over WMD that did not exist and then made a pack with the likes of Musharraf who does has WMD. Radicals could overthrow the government and take over their weapons at any time. The Army itself could even turn on Musharraf and do the same thing.
Senator Biden also pointed out that we need a foreign policy for that whole region because the problems are all related. Sadly, this administration has not dealt with the Middle East situation properly. The tragic events of 9-11 happened over 6 years ago, the war in Iraq is deep into its fourth year, the Israeli and Palestinian conflict has not been addressed, and this administration still has no foreign policy for the region. So called "tough talk" is not a policy and has yet to solve the problems. The envelope is being pushed to the next President. What a sad situation for our country to be in.
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