ralex's Blog

Why am I not surprised? A dictator behaving like a dictator, as Musharraf has quickly arrested 3500 people that oppose his regime. Declaring marshal law, suspending anti Musharraf press. Right out of the dictators play book. The US has had many dictators in its pocket before, as this tactic seems to be the most rewarding for America other than direct confrontation to reach our aims. But this can often back fire as this case seems headed. After Musharraf , and if democracy wins over, we may have a stronger alliance placed to really go after Bin Ladin. In the worst case, an ultra islamic Iranian style government forms (with nuclear capability) that would pose direct confrontation of our efforts in Afganistan and heat up the friction already simmering with India. What will our policy be in this case scenerio?