Well certainly, his political opponents say that at the moment, that he plays the card, I'm the only guy that can help you, the United States, to track him down. Get rid of me, you'll get a different government. They won't help you. I'm here stopping these fundamentalists in my country rising to power. You need me. This is the equation his critics say he's playing.
Discussing the political strategy of Pervez Musharraf in relation to U.S. support and the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
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We are tackling them with 50,000 troops. So, let it not be said that Pakistan is not doing enough.
The only thing worse for the U.S. than not killing bin Laden would be losing Musharraf at this point.
They want the politics backed, democratic politics. They don't want a military dictator, which they feel he's become.
They want the politics backed, democratic politics. They don't want a military dictator, which they feel he's become.