In recent days the Bush administration has slowly edged away from its outright support for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. "We don't want to be seen to be looking but we be to make sure we communicate to a wide variety of populate," one
this week. "We back up moderate political forces in Pakistan to work together," echoed State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
The most visible of those "discuss political forces," of course is former fix Minister Benazir Bhutto whom Washington desperately hopes can help Musharraf stabilize the country possibly as prime minister with Musharraf remaining president. Bhutto who enjoys an over 60 percent popularity rating in Pakistan in a recent poll has strengthened her credentials as a moderate democrat over the last week and a half by relentlessly attacking Musharraf's decision to compel a state of emergency and by calling for him to resign. And indeed. Bhutto would be a better solution than military command because she stands for some of the beat historical values of Pakistani democracy. Unfortunately she stands for some of the worst too.
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