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In Pakistan, Musharraf has scheduled a press conference for exactly the same time that Benazir Bhutto has scheduled hers. This can seem like a petty rivalry between rich siblings, rather than a power struggle to head a nuclear state.
A couple of complications in this story.
First, Musharraf loyalists are reported to be the people who have control over the nuclear weapons, which gives us an interest in keeping Musharraf in power, even though we have more than a few indications that he is playing both ends against the middle and is hardly a hearty ally.
Second, Bhutto evidently has a very checkered history from her first premiership over the country. Highly corrupt. So, it's hardly clear that Bhutto is really good for us.
Such is life and the moral quagmire of the Islamic lands.
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In Pakistan, Musharraf has scheduled a press conference for exactly the same time that Benazir Bhutto has scheduled hers. This can seem like a petty rivalry between rich siblings, rather than a power struggle to head a nuclear state.
A couple of complications in this story.
First, Musharraf loyalists are reported to be the people who have control over the nuclear weapons, which gives us an interest in keeping Musharraf in power, even though we have more than a few indications that he is playing both ends against the middle and is hardly a hearty ally.
Second, Bhutto evidently has a very checkered history from her first premiership over the country. Highly corrupt. So, it's hardly clear that Bhutto is really good for us.
Such is life and the moral quagmire of the Islamic lands.
