If the State Department had color codes like the one used by Homeland Security, then Pakistan will now be in the "severe" red status. In my earlier posts here, and here, I was concerned that the country might be heading even towards a military coup. The proposed impeachment of Musharraf certainly triggers the possibility of a coup. Well, before the end of August, we will find out whether Pakistan's democracy is alive and well.
Last night, I watched on C-Span a Brookings discussion on US foreign policy challenges this fall and beyond. Bruce Riedel talked about Pakistan. About How the military and the ISI might easily be tempted to play the India card, with a new twist: that India is working with Afghanistan, and using its embassy in Kabul to launch its anti-Pakistan activities, to squeeze Pakistan from all sides. If the country gets sold on this argument, then, say hello to mushroom clouds over the subcontinent.
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