Musharraf to get more U.S. support for stable Afghanistan

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

ISLAMABAD, May 16 (Reuters) - Pakistan's support is crucial to NATO allies' efforts to bring stability to Afghanistan, and the United States will continue to back President Pervez Musharraf, a U.S. envoy visiting Islamabad said on Wednesday.

"I don't think that President Musharraf has reached the end of his line," said Ronald E. Neumann, who until a month ago was American ambassador in Kabul and is now on a mission to Central Asian states to explain the situation and strategy in Afghanistan.

"He seems to be a leader who is capable of many good things, which is why we have given him a great deal of support, and plan to give more support," he told journalists in a briefing in Islamabad.

Neumann did not mention Musharraf's domestic woes. The Pakistani leader is under mounting pressure after plunging the country into a judicial crisis by trying to sack the top judge two months ago.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL100927.htm

[bemildred]

1. Oh good, maybe we can get bogged down in Pakistan too. nt

[daleo]

2. Yes, a "stable Pakistan" seems to be in doubt

Given the riots over the weekend (among other events).

[ohio2007]

4. musharraf needs to follow the news in his own country more closely

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=560_1179121526

Saudi Arabia sends their own "problems" into Iraq to become martyres, why not the same way in the paki border towns

[cliss]

3. U.S. to Pervez Musharraf:

"We're sorry, Pervez. We would like to help you. We realize the situation is dire, and your country is like a tinder box, ready to blow.

Unfortunately, we have no troops to give you (they're in Iraq and your neighbor, Afghanistan). We don't have a lot of money Cause we bankrupted ourselves in Iraq.

Do you think maybe Tony Blair could help you?"