Musharraf is widely expected to retain the presidency after elections...

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5976099&cKey=1122657659000

<snip>Musharraf survived two al Qaeda inspired assassination attempts in December 2003 and is widely expected to retain the presidency after elections in 2007.

Maybe that is because Musharraf is the only dictator allowed to run for president in Pakistan?

[Canadian_moderate]

1. and you would prefer whom?

Some Taliban candidate perhaps?

[NNN0LHI]

2. They can put Saddam in charge of the fucking place for all I care

Wouldn't be the first time.

Don

[Canadian_moderate]

3. I am all for democracy

but true democracy in Pakistan would scare me.

[NNN0LHI]

4. I know what you mean

Them funny talking brown people just can't be trusted to vote their own leaders in. Right?

Don

[Orion The Hunter]

5. We should be glad Musharraf is still the head of Pakistan

If he were not, if he was assassinated for example, that country's government would turn Islamic Fundamentalist in a heartbeat!

Bin Laden polls positively with the people on the street over there for goodness sakes!

[NNN0LHI]

6. Oh, yes. We must protect ourselves against the heathens

Even if that means keeping a brutal, tin pot dictator in power.

Hey, haven't we tried this before in Iraq and Iran? Why yes we did. Didn't turn out too good in the long run either.

Did it?

Don

[H5N1]

7. Exactly. Why not try working WITH these countries

They are not beasts.