What's Bush going to do about Musharraf? What SHOULD he do?

Question

Basically, Musharraf suspended the constitution and expelled most the Supreme Court because they were about to rule on his right to run for office. Is Bush going to act decisively to rein his old buddy back in? Or will the injustice be let float as a gift from one "world leader" to another?

So some among you are still so troll-oriented you can't respond without insults... big surprise there. I'm not saying "nuke them" - - the standard neocon remedy for all the globe's ills. I am saying draw sanctions, withdraw support. Make the leader and just the leader FEEL IT.

Get it?

Ha ha ha haaaa delphi. Despot 101.

Thanks Bryan. Please let me comment that I didn't mean this to be a referendum on party and Bush. I really didn't. I wanted to know what we are going to do about this seemingly insoluable dilemma. And it IS a terrible spot we've been put in. An ally whom we have been coaching and coaxing along toward democracy has just come out as a dictator... what can we or should we do?

Unfortunately, the one guy hauled out the 'libstain' language and I reacted to that. My bad. But it's a tough question. I think there are only a mere 5 answers here - - well, okay, 4 REAL answers - - because people are lost as to what to do. There's so much to consider. But above all, we can't just pretend it never happened. If we do, we literally make mock of all those Americans who have died in Iraq, because we'll be saying Sadam's dictatorship was bad while Musharraf's is just peachy keen and lovely.

Answer 1

Wow... this is a good question, if a bit tainted by an obvious liberal asker, but still a very good question.
What to do about Musharraf?
It's not wise to interfere with the situation at all until it is possible to make a positive determination of the intent of the government.
Will he restore the Constitution in a timely manner? Is this an attempt at a coup? These are important questions to answer before taking any action.
Great question

Answer 2

Pakistan is another Afghanistan waiting to happen, but with Nuclear weapons, Musharraf spends all the money on weapons from US rather than education and infrastructure, he leaves education to Islamic schools. once the political expedient of the Bush war doctrine is gone so will US support of Musharraf, then he's the next Saddam on our radar. So we keep the war machine oiled, and I do mean oiled.the same model has been used in US policy for years, but no one questions the policy, once you cut through the flowery rhetoric. what to do now? it's a bit late in the game to start, our banana republic credentials are too strong to exert much more than a speech about freedom Bla Bla, Condi will offer some lame excuse, and business as usual. What should have been done was more than lip service to reform and constitutional governance during the early stages of the Musharraf junta rather than tacit support. like our support for the Shah in Iran, thugs get run out eventually, and their friends are none too popular after that.

Answer 3

Should he do what you lefties have been whining and crying he shouldn't have done in Iraq? After all, Pakistan is a soverign nation that poses no threat to us, right?
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America's a big bully always sticking our noses in other countries business right? We need permission from the UN to do anything right? Now Bush is doing just exactly what the rest of the world does and clucking his tongue and expressing disapproval, so that's a good thing right? Don't wanna make anybody else dislike us, right?
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Hey man, he's talking about doing all that sanction stuff, but you gotta talk about it for six months and get UN approval first, right?

Answer 4

Bush will do nothing to interfere with Musharraf. His interests are far better served by a compliant dictator than a chaotic democratic government or, worse still, a non-compliant dictator-particularly a non-secular one.

Answer 5

He'll watch closely, take notes. Then he will be ready to suspend our constitution and declare marshall law.