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...message is clear: so long as Musharraf stays in lockstep with Washington's antiterror objectives, he can do pretty much what he pleases at home. Privately, however, U.S. officials have expressed reservations about the referendum. "It doesn't seem like the greatest tactic," says a State Department official. "It'd be better if he just let the Parliament make him President." But real democracy is a messy, unpredictable business. "It does not simply mean elections," says political scientist Rizvi. "It also means you must compromise, and you may lose some power." That, for now, is not something Musharraf is willing...
...majority, away from India. Borrowing a page from the cia's proxy war?backing local mujahedin against the occupying Soviets in Afghanistan?the ISI began in 1989 to encourage Islamic militant outfits inside Pakistan to cross over the mountains and snipe at Indian troops in Kashmir. As a combat tactic, it was brilliant: on any given day, more than 300,000 Indian troops are busy chasing 2,000 Kashmiri militants up and down the Himalayas...
...India's hands. Borrowing a page from the cia's proxy war against the Soviets, which used the mujahedin in Afghanistan, the ISI in 1989 began encouraging Islamic-militant outfits inside Pakistan to cross over the mountains and snipe at Indian troops in Kashmir. As a guerrilla tactic, it was brilliant. On any given day, more than 300,000 Indian troops are busy chasing 2,000 Kashmiri and Pakistani militants up and down the Himalayas...
Stetson explains that this tactic is meant to make the show “more accessible, easier to understand and relate to,” as well as to more clearly define the role of the chorus. “The chorus represents what’s in his mind, rather than just being like a Greek chorus,” she said...
...Representative Mickey Kantor should be pleased. When Kantor served in the Clinton Administration and was involved in trade disputes with France, he imposed heavy import duties on products that were personally important to key French politicians and their constituents, most notably Roquefort cheese, produced in the Dordogne region. The tactic, Kantor says, "was productive." Fast-forward to the latest trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union. In response to U.S. tariffs on steel imports, E.U. Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said last month that he would target products manufactured in swing states that President Bush may need in order...