Pak's current predicament will only be broken once regime change is successfully achieved in the Whitehouse. Islamic world, Europeans, Leftists are all waiting for the ouster of the Republicans from the Whitehouse in the next elections. In the meantime, they are just trying to wait things out, in a survival strategy. So Musharraf will keep toeing the US line for the next couple of years, trying hard not to offend anybody too much, including India. But once Bush is gone, then Musharraf will try to seize the initiative once again, and go on the offensive to make gains against his enemies.