Bhutto Freed

In a story I am reading it appears that there is some hope for Pakistan.

This morning Pakistan announced plans to lift its state of emergency within one month and allowed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to leave her villa following a day under house arrest, as the country sought Saturday to restore its battered image at home and abroad.President Gen. Pervez Musharraf insists he called the week-old emergency to help fight Islamic extremists who control large swathes of territory near the Afghan border, but the main targets of his crackdown have been his most outspoken critics, including the increasingly independent courts and media.

There needs to be a concerted effort to facilitate the unification of Bhutto and Musharraf against the extremists and terrorsist. This should be the focus of all levels of our government and the governments of our allies around the world. The Pakistani government needs to be stabilized and allowed to survive against the enemies they now face or we shall be facing them later.


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