Pakistan Nightmare Could Metastasize Through Region
By Steve Clemons -
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/nov/04/pakistan_nightmare_could_metastasize_through_regionDon't blame Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for all of the problems in Pakistan.
The fact is that governance in a region that is ambivalent about America, Europe and the West in general is becoming more complicated everywhere in the Middle East and South Asia. And it is America's failure in Iraq, its unwillingness to deliver on Palestine, and its bellicosity and hubris that are motivating the Muslim street against those perceived to be aligned with American interests.
If America wants to help stabilize Pakistan, then President Bush and Condoleezza Rice have an opportunity to "shock the market" and deliver on Palestine.
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Such a move would remove one of the core grievances in the Muslim world against us -- and it might spark the beginning of a mutually reinforcing cycle of virtuous events in the region.
Pakistan's problems are connected to all of the other problems in the region ............