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While moving Pakistan toward "democracy" is a worthwhile longterm goal, we have to consider that a democratic vote does not always make the right decision. Consider the Palestinian authority voting Hamas into power -- it has been an unmitigated disaster for them. Over the long term, democracies learn from their mistakes and settle down into stable governments. In the short term, they can never be counted on to do so. It is a mistake for the Bush administration to be jawboning Musharraf out of power now. Not because Musharraf is such a great guy. But he's better than the likely...here |
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