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Musharraf Postpones Return to Pakistan

By Aaron Goldstein on 1.27.12 @ 4:58PM

Pervez Musharraf has postponed plans to return to Pakistan to re-launch his political career. Earlier this month, the former Pakistani military ruler had announced he would end more than three years of self-imposed exile in London and Dubai.

However, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has warned that Musharraf will be arrested upon arrival to face charges related to the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. But perhaps the biggest reason Musharraf isn't returning is because hardly anybody in Pakistan would shed a tear if he were arrested and tried given his heavy handedness with the Supreme Court and the opposition when he was in power. Despite the less than stellar performance of the Gilani, Zardari and the PPP, Musharraf remains a deeply unpopular figure in Pakistan and isn't likely to return anytime soon.

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Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 1.27.12 @ 7:56PM

Musharraf would be out of his mind to return to Pakistan ever again!! He'd be greeted with a great surprise party, just like the one he greeted Benazir Bhutto with, which is kind of like our 4th of July celebration here in America, but with a lot more body parts bursting in the air!! He's lucky he got out of there in the first place, and he should leave well enough alone!! Stay in London, take up Golf, hire some really good bodyguards, and pay them very well!! Dictators are never welcomed back as heroes, they’re nomally put on trial, like Hosni Mubarak has been, which of course he’ll be found guilty at, and then stoned to death. Or they’re dragged through the streets like, Muammar Kaddafi, or was that Moamar Kaddafi, no wait wait, I think it’s Moamar Qadhafi, oh never mind, you know who I mean, that dead Dictator guy from Libya!! Leave well enough alone Musharraf, or don’t, see if I care!!

cicero| 1.28.12 @ 10:44AM

Pakistan has been a muddle since its inception. Just moving the Muslim population from India to Pakistan, and the Hindus from Pakistan to India, cost over 1 million people their lives within a one year period. As long as they cling to their 7th century religion of peace, there is no real hope for them. The best we can do is just stay out of the way.
Our State Dept. seems to think that we have to stae engaged in order to keep them our of the orbit of the Chinese. Let the Chinese have them. If they think the Uighurs are a pain (and have been since being conquersed into Islam about 1300 years ago), wait until they try to get the Pakistanis to march in step.
I suggest an Alliance of the English Speaking Peoples - The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and India. Anyone else who wants to TRADE with us, is welcome into our market ambit. However, everyone else will have to defend themselves. That includes the Euros.