> It appears that Washington, understandably concerned about Pakistan's
> stability as opposition to Musharraf and his part real, part bullshit
> 'counter-terrorist' campaign grows, hoped to use Bhutto as some sort
> of poorly thought-out hedge against collapse. Paradoxically (or
> perhaps not), Rice's plan seemed to be built around the notion that
> Bhutto's presence in government would shore up Musharraf's eroding
> legitimacy ('He's not so bad', Wash. could argue 'he allowed an
> adversary to enter the political system').
It looks like an odd thing to pin on the Bushistas. Bhutto certainly seemed determined on her own accord to return, whether or not it provided a fig leaf for propping up Musharraf.
-- Andy