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We have plenty of "friends" who run dictatorships. Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, numerous African countries. Democracy doesn't work in Muslim countries...yet. Outright Dictatorships simply hold the line and will be overtthrown. What is needed is enlightened theocracies, or less autocratic secularism. Musharraf and the Army is holding on to power, and their enemy is not simply terrorism but a divided populace seeking to find some sort of stability within a nation torn by the islamic nationalist rebound movement, and the desire for a freer society. I don't think Bhutto could have much power against th extremists, and as Pakistan is facing imminent civil war the military is a better option for the west than theocracy.
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