Show Me the Money

Published: November 8, 2007, 1:15 pm

Tags: war on terror, george w bush, asia, pakistan, foreign policy, pervez musharraf

I’ve already written about Tyrant Musharraf here and here — on what he is doing in Pakistan and to the Pakistani people, as well as on his friendly alliance with Bush and Bush’s reaction to his power grab. For an excellent analysis of the situation, I highly recommend this piece — “The Freedom Agenda Fizzles” — by Fred Kaplan at Slate. Here are a few of key passages: The state of emergency in Pakistan signals yet another low point in President George W. Bush’s foreign policy — a stark demonstration of his paltry influence and his bankrupt principles. More than that, the crackdown locks us in a crisis — a potentially dangerous dynamic — from which there appears to be no escape route. ***** It should now be clear, if it wasn’t already, that Musharraf has been diddling Bush & Co. the past three years or longer. ***** One consequence of this crisis is that Bush’s “freedom agenda” is finally

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