I don't know if this will change much. Musharraf had lost a lot of power since the Pakistani parliamentary elections. And the members of parliament haven't really done anything to promote confidence in their willingness to fight the taliban/al qaida. Reuters
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Faced with the humiliation of impeachment, former army chief Pervez Musharraf quit as Pakistan president on Monday, having lost political, popular and increasingly even U.S. support.His enemies said he betrayed Islam by caving in to U.S. pressure to abandon support for the Taliban government hosting al Qaeda in Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
He believed he saved Pakistan.
The U.S. government sank more than $11 billion into Pakistan, mostly its military, and expected Musharraf to produce results.
Pakistan captured hundreds of al Qaeda, and lost over 1,000
soldiers fighting in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. Yet suspicions lingered that Pakistani intelligence agencies played a double-game, allowing the Taliban safe refuge.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Musharraf Resigns
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Pakistan is slipping away.
In my opinion Pakistan was never really on our side. They played us for our money. At least Musharraf pretended to be our ally. Now the Pakistani government will drop the charade
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