The Political Inquirer

Joshua Hammer’s piece at The Atlantic details a little bit about the Pakistani elections and what it might mean for Americans. The best part? Pakistan will continue to be ineffectual.

So there’s a good chance that Pakistan’s approach to the war on terror will remain as disjointed and ineffectual as it’s been for the last five years. Musharraf was forced to tack back and forth between the demands of his U.S. patrons and those of a restive populace that accused him of fighting “Washington’s war.”

You can’t expect dictators and countries on the brink of civil war to help you in finding a criminal that the Pakistani government is probably helping harbor. The United States should never have embraced Pakistan with such open arms.