of course bush refuses to hold him accountable. dictators never do such nasty things to each other.

Another Pass for Pakistan (washingtonpost.com): "TODAY PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf will break yet another of the promises he has made to his country and the world since seizing power in a 1999 military coup against an elected government. A year ago, in exchange for parliamentary support for a package of laws increasing his powers as president, extending his rule through 2007 and curtailing elected government through the creation of a military-dominated national security council, Mr. Musharraf pledged to resign from his post as Army chief of staff by Dec. 31. It was to be a modest step toward returning Pakistan to civilian rule, if not democracy. Yet now Mr. Musharraf is reneging, claiming that his continuance in uniform is essential to the country's 'unity.' He is wrong, of course -- but sadly, his chief ally, President Bush, is unwilling to hold him accountable. "