Saturday, November 17, 2007
Rosa hits the bullseye!
I am late in getting to Rosa Brooks' Thursday column this week, but that doesn't diminish the accuracy of her thoughts on the disaster that has been Our Dear Embattled Leader's embrace of Mushy the Dictator. Her conclusion should be increasingly clear to anyone not addicted to the Busheviks Kool-Aid.
Today, Pakistan is in crisis once more. Musharraf has managed to alienate secular democrats and radical Islamists alike. Thousands of opposition activists are now in prison, two-thirds of Pakistan's senior judges are under house arrest, and Musharraf has suspended the constitution.
As Musharraf clings to power, we continue to lose traction in the battle against extremism in Pakistan. A recent opinion poll found that most Pakistanis are so alienated that they give Osama bin Laden higher approval ratings than they give to Musharraf -- or to you, George.
Osama thanks you.
And what are you doing about all this?
Nothing! You're not calling on Musharraf to step down and hold elections, you're not threatening to pull the plug on any U.S. military aid, you're not opening up links to the grass-roots democratic opposition. Which means there's little chance that we'll get what we say we want -- and what most Pakistanis want: a moderate, democratic Pakistani government.
Instead, our policies will continue to inspire and strengthen Islamic extremism.
Look, George, I'm not saying you consciously meant for things to turn out this way. But as Freud said, there's no such thing as an accident.
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