Musharraf faces impeachment proceedings. I can't imagine him exiting quietly if the impeachment process successfully goes through all the constitutional steps. I bet American, Indian, and Afghan leaders are charting out possible scenarios, and preparing themselves on diplomatic and military fronts.
While that is slowly unfolding, Der Spiegel reports on the mystery that the nuclear program of Pakistan is. In discussing it, the report observes, The Islamic Republic, flanked by crisis-torn Afghanistan and its eternal rival India, faces international criticism as a hotbed of Islamist violence. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier recently accused Pakistan of often being a "starting point for terrorism in Afghanistan." US presidential candidate Barack Obama has said that he would launch military strikes without consulting with the regime in Islamabad if he had precise information about the whereabouts of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil.Even the Bush administration, long soft on Musharraf, is now taking a tougher approach.
Along with complaints about Musharraf's treatment of the notorious AQ Khan, his wife asks, "why is it even called the "Islamic Bomb"? Was the American one a "Christian Bomb"? The Israeli a "Jewish Bomb"? Was the Chinese a "Buddhist" or "Atheist" bomb? Was the Indian one a "Hindu Bomb"? Right from the time it first became known that Pakistan had a nuclear program, the whole Western world, with America and Britain at the forefront, were up in arms and did all they could to prevent our success.
I think she raises good questions.
But, at the end of the day, it is not AQ Khan who needs to tell all--it is Musharraf. And, the tough ex-commando that he is, Musharraf will not utter a word. And, definitely, he will not provide the answer to the question that Jon Stewart asked him :-)
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