A few days back I had predicted that the US support to "democracy" by brokering a power sharing arrangement with the Military regime in Pakistan will lead to instability in the region: the attack on the cavalcade of Ms Bhutto in Karachi proves that my assessment was right.
The return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan at this juncture is not in the interest of peace in the region: her covert endorsement of US military strategy in the "War against Terror" has made Ms Bhutto's posion extremely vulnerable. She should not have taken apublic position in favor of the US led war against terror, because in most parts of the world the US is perceived as a militaristic, violent, and destabalising force. The war on Iraq has not endeared the USA to the people in the region and the attack on Ms Bhutto inly undescores the fact that anyone perceived as being soft on the USA will be assasinated at the earliest opportunity. The USA should back General Musharaf to the hilt and should not whittle down his standing by proping up a democratic fascade like Bhutto. In fact she has not helped by stating that she would allow the use of Pakistani territory by the US military in its hunt for its wanted terrorisr leaders. This sinle statement has undermined the political standing of Ms Bhutto.
Instead of giving a democratic public face to its war against Islam, the USA will be betteroff backing its generals so that the people of Pakistan atre protected from the sort of attacks we witnessed in Karachi. US policy in the region will lead to the take over of both Pakistan and Afghanistan by, radical Islamic regimes.