Don Smith already posted about the U.S. propping up Musharraf

But this latest development is so dramatic that it needs a new posting

Why, as Musharraf cut the deal with the radicals in Waziristan, is the U.S. favoring Musharraf? And how can there be any claim of promoting democracy, considering, especially, this latest outrage?

Is it just that Musharraf accedes to U.S. will when there's a summit? Is that why the U.S. admin. likes him?

What is going on with this poor selection of acolyte?

www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a5HcrxcV1pOk&refer=asia

Here's an article which gives all sides' testimony

More thorough than our local daily, which had quoted the State Dept.'s Sean McCormack as merely having said, "It's the Pakistanis problem to work out."

So maybe the U.S. is not assisting to block Pakistani demcracy? Or maybe McCormack's position, as quoted in this piece, is window dreassing?

Time will tell with how the U.S. reacts to events.

One thing is for sure is backing Musharraf is a losing proposition in terms of gaining credibility in the Muslim world (and in the pro-demcracy world, for that matter).