Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
The POMED Wire


Musharraf On the Apparent Move

August 15th, 2008 by Amanda

As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s resignation seems imminent, Juan Cole at Informed Comment highlights the possible ways that the impeached leader could hold on to power. According to the Economist “… his chances of hanging on are, anyway, small” and offers some advice to the Pakistani government. They suggest that the problem isn’t Musharraf, but “the taliban and the economy, stupid”.

As Blake Hounshell at FP Passport thinks that “the United States is trying to ensure that he isn’t ‘humiliated’ on his way out,” Pejman Yousefzadeh at Red State believes that “the time has come for a serious and fundamental re-examination of our [U.S.] relations with Pakistan.”


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