Pakistan and the Absurdity of Bush Policy

Lawrence Auster, at VFR, has a comprehensive round-up today of conservative reaction to the crisis in Pakistan:

Gen. Pervez Musharraf came to power in Pakistan in a military takeover in 1999, and has been an important if ambiguous ally of the U.S. in its "war against terror" ever since September 11, 2001. At the same time, the U.S. government with its commitment to spreading democracy has been uncomfortable with Musharraf's non-elected status, and has pushed him to return Pakistan to democracy. This never made any sense, since it was precisely Musharraf's non-democratic power base that made it possible for him to be in office. On one hand, we were immensely appreciative to have our ally Musharraf, rather than our jihadist enemies, leading a Muslim country with nuclear weapons. On the other hand, we were out of sorts over the fact that Musharraf had overthrown Pakistani democracy...

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