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...unveiled its radical new policy of bringing democracy to the Islamic world--whether through reform in Palestine or at the point of a gun in Iraq--the Bush Administration has come under attack for inconsistency and hypocrisy. Indeed, when our most critical ally in the war on terrorism, President Musharraf of Pakistan, gave himself dictatorial power for at least five years, that earned him but a few mild words of concern from the State Department...
Such distinctions apply with equal force today. Musharraf is no democrat. Yet it is necessary to support him for now because he has enlisted Pakistan in our life-and-death struggle against radical Islam. And does anyone doubt that his overthrow would lead to more chaos and suffering within his country...
...cold war? We fought and won the cold war, and thus liberated tens of millions of people, precisely because we prudently, albeit reluctantly, tolerated unfreedom in certain places. Why? In order to win the larger battle for freedom on the global scale. Today we "coddle" Musharraf of Pakistan, Mubarak of Egypt, the Saudi princes. Yesterday we coddled Pinochet of Chile, Marcos of the Philippines, the Shah of Iran, Mobutu of Zaire and a train of South Vietnamese generals...
...Past Issues China's New Rich Sep. 23, 2002 ----------------- Ready for War? Sep. 16, 2002 ----------------- 9/11 Remembered Sep. 9, 2002 ----------------- Green Century Sep. 2, 2002 ----------------- Asian Journey Aug. 19-26, 2002 ----------------- 9/11: A History Aug. 12, 2002 ----------------- Plastic Surgery Aug. 5, 2002 ----------------- Korean Pop Scandal Jul. 29, 2002 ----------------- Pervez Musharraf...
...China's Nouveau Riche September 23, 2002 Past Issues Ready for War? Sep. 16, 2002 ----------------- 9/11 Remembered Sep. 9, 2002 ----------------- Green Century Sep. 2, 2002 ----------------- Asian Journey Aug. 19-26, 2002 ----------------- 9/11: A History Aug. 12, 2002 ----------------- Plastic Surgery Aug. 5, 2002 ----------------- Korean Pop Scandal Jul. 29, 2002 ----------------- Pervez Musharraf...