The ruling coalition in Pakistan has announced plans to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. In what could be the understatement of the month, the story says this is likely to increase political instability in Pakistan.
To me, this underscores even more the stupidity of sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Islamists in Pakistan’s North West Frontier are likely to run even more wild.
That said, could Mushrraf dissolve Parliament (he has the legal authority) to try to beat an impeachment rap? Could the Inter-Services Intelligence stage a coup?
Frankly, I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of civil war in Pakistan. Witness this attack on a government post by pro-Taliban militants.
Both Obama and McCain would have to be stupid in spades, and not just pandering to the “Global War on Terrorism” meme, to send more troops to Afghanistan while this is playing out.
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