The Musharraf Method of fighting extremism: "Arrest the Moderates!"
In recent weeks, U.S.-imported Taliban foot soldiers and other extremists (and this) in the Waziristan region of western Pakistan, near the Afghan border, have managed some significant victories, forcing large numbers Pakistani troops to retreat and capturing many others.
So how does the U.S.-supported dictator Pervez Musharraf respond? By arresting urban intellectuals and moderates! It is a bit like being attacked (supposedly) by Arabs hiding in Afghan caves and taking it out on the people of Iraq!
Musharraf has even put former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto under house arrest. And she is an extremist neither of the Taliban nor the Musharraf type. So why is she and others like her facing repressive measures? Is it simply because Al Qaeda™ is on the march in the Hindu Kush? Is it because Musharraf maintains power by being seen as the only viable alternative to the Taliban and Al Qaeda types? Certainly this is why Washington votes for him - usually a deciding and veto-proof vote.
But there is likely more to Musharraf's martial law than military defeats in Waziristan. Just as threatening, perhaps, is the menace of upcoming elections, now postponed, perhaps indefinitely.
If there is a moderate element that might actually win elections or heavily influence political events, can they possibly be tolerated as the Musharraf camp faces declining fortunes? If the moderate sector is silenced, it could encourage the rest of Pakistan to focus on the perceived options left to them, the Islamic extremists or the military dictator. That leaves the Musharraf camp as the ready-made savior without an alternative, doesn't it? How well, after all, would the moderates do keeping up the fake War on Terror anyway?
Of course, if Musharraf keeps the "emergency rule" going long enough, the moderate opposition will be in such disarray, that elections may be meaningless even if he doesn't cheat - always a distinct possibility. And if the extremists gain too many votes, sufficient reason for further "emergency rule" will be handed to Musharraf on a silver platter. Either way, Musharraf wins - and the U.S.-sponsored and stage-managed War on Terror ™ can be salvaged.
Another mess made by zionists. Only Israel benefits from these endless Middle East wars. Iraq is the beginning. As we commit war-crimes in Baghdad, the US gov't commits treason at home by opening mail, eliminating habeas corpus, using the judiciary to steal private lands, banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon and Wikipedia, conducting warrantless wiretaps and engaging in illegal wars on behalf of AIPAC's 'money-men'. Soon, another US false-flag operation will occur (sinking of an Aircraft Carrier by Mossad) and the US will invade Iran.. Then we'll invade Syria, then Saudi Arabia, then Lebanon (again) then ....
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Posted by: Gary J | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 11:29 AM