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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