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To: Bill who wrote (15263)	1/11/2008 8:27:35 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

"I hope the next president puts a priority on helping Musharraf do his job. Otherwise, the consequences could be dire." I'm almost afraid to ask .. just what is "his job?" And how will (or should) the next president "help" him? Hey!! I know .. We could give him a boatload of Nukes!! That should make everyone happy!

To: Bill who wrote (15263)	1/11/2008 8:28:57 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Re: "I hope the next president puts a priority on helping Musharraf do his job...." Why the Hell should we prop-up a lying petty Dictator who has: 1) Denied ALL of our requests to even talk to the greatest proliferator of nuclear weapons technology in the last 50 years? 2) Given al Qaeda & Taliban sanctuary inside his borders... after his nation's military intelligence service CREATED the Taliban and supported them since day one, as an active part of Pakistan's national military/security policies. (To create and maintain a radical SUNNI regime to their West which holds off Shia Iranian regional influence... the better to allow Pakistan to turn it's attention to it's East, and support TERRORIST CAMPAIGNS against their other, and larger, regional 'enemy' India. 3) Played America (and the Bush administration) like a two-bit fiddle --- sucked down all the military and social aid that they possibly could from the American taxpayers... all while diverting the bulk of it either to beefing-up their military to the East against India... or else siphoned off to private bank accounts in Dubai and Switzerland? 4) Given the Saudi radical Whabbists free play in corrupting the education system of Pakistan --- all the better to turn out generations more of Sunni Jihadists. 5) Stifled all Democratic aspirations of the Pakistani people (after taking power in a military coup...), thereby allowing resentments and despair to build up in the public (all just to keep himself in power), and creating a situation where only the radicals benefit.... 6) Possibly involved in the assassination of his main election rival... sacked the nation's Supreme Court (which was about to rule that, under the constitution, he was not legally allowed to run again...), thereby moved the nation even further towards dictatorship and away from the rule of law. Are you really as 'un-American' as that position makes you sound? Why do you think petty, lying, corrupt Dictators are so 'helpful' to America --- despite the evidence that they mostly are not?