> The solution proferred is far too simple: just tell Musharraf to call off
the dogs. >Musharraf doesn't have the power to call off the dogs. Were he
to try to withdraw >support from the militants, shut down the camps, put an
end to the attacks, he would >be removed from power within days. Not that
he has any desire to: this is, after all, >the general who launched the
Kargil offensive in 1999.
The U.S. hardly deserves the title 'super power', if the US can not influence even Musharraf. Why should the US worry about Musharraf's removal? The US can't influence his successors? What is the US afraid of? Al-Qaida taking over Pakistan?
Ulhas