Elsewhere in another article on Rediff it was mentioned: "Some diplomats also fear that a hung Parliament will not bring stability to Pakistan and the Bush administration will not achieve its goals in the war against terror before the US Presidential election to be held late this year."
After having met their Waterloo every time the Americans supported dictators all around the world, they are still arrogant enough to think that they will be able to win this war on terror AND that too before the elections this year, AND with the help of another dictator who is THE main supporter of these terrorists.
The "great" powers - with their blinkered views - never learn from history. The Americans KNOW that Musharraf is supporting all these terrorists, but do not have the will to do anything about it. . . or do they believe in following the words of their President Johnson, who once said about J. Edgar Hoover, "I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in". But Musharraf, the wily one, seems to the Americans to be pissing out, while he is in fact pissing inside the tent!!
Get rid of Musharraf. That's the only way, if you want to progress in the war against terrorism.