Pakistan Explains Stance on Israel (AP)

[Eugene]

Pakistan Explains Stance on Israel

By PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press Writer
9:12 PM PDT, September 26, 2006

NEW YORK -- Pakistan's government will eventually have to recognize Israel,
but it would be political suicide to do so today, President Gen. Pervez
Musharraf said Tuesday.

Such recognition would end any hopes of Pakistan serving as bridge between
the Muslim world and the West, Musharraf said.

Musharraf, who addressed the U.N. General Assembly last week and is promoting
his new autobiography, said his considerable skills at walking a tightrope would
not enable him to negotiate the firestorm that recognizing Israel would cause,
particularly after its recent attacks on Lebanon.

"We cannot do something that sidelines us from the Muslim world," Musharraf
said after a speech to the Weill Cornell Medical College.

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Full article: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-us-pakistan-israel,1,568417.story

[msmcghee]

1. Almost funny . . certainly sad.

He's saying that recognizing the right of one side in the conflict to even exist would diminish his ability to act as a bridge from the Muslim world . . to a state that doesn't exist.

OK :eyes: