Politics: Tightrope
Pakistan has decided to abstain from the UN Security Council vote on war in Iraq. ABC News is carrying a Reuters item on the abstention. This puts one less vote in play, making it harder for the US to get the nine needed (not to mention dodge a Russian or French veto). Pakistan has been one of our staunchest allies in the war on terror, but they can't be so blind to not see that supporting an attack on Iraq could be the end of the government of Pervez Musharraf. Indeed, with or without Pakistan's vote in the Council, an attack on Iraq may spell Musharraf's undoing. (I don't feel like I need to mention that Islamists could seize Pakistan and its nuclear weapons without much trouble.)
Pakistan has decided to abstain from the UN Security Council vote on war in Iraq. ABC News is carrying a Reuters item on the abstention. This puts one less vote in play, making it harder for the US to get the nine needed (not to mention dodge a Russian or French veto). Pakistan has been one of our staunchest allies in the war on terror, but they can't be so blind to not see that supporting an attack on Iraq could be the end of the government of Pervez Musharraf. Indeed, with or without Pakistan's vote in the Council, an attack on Iraq may spell Musharraf's undoing. (I don't feel like I need to mention that Islamists could seize Pakistan and its nuclear weapons without much trouble.)
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