Are Musharrafs Days Now Numbered?
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 20th, 2008 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has spent a career as a soldier, and has enjoyed being the political tyrant of his country for almost 10 years. But a shattering parliamentary loss in recent elections may soon push him out of office. The electoral rout has further lessened this Bush-supported leader’s political appeal, and several experts believe the tyrant’s days in power may be numbered. Musharraf already has surrendered his control of the army; he apparently is despised by a majority of his countrymen; and he has proven to be an ineffectual–or uncaring–ally to the West in its battle against Islamic extremism, or Islamism. “I don’t see him surviving. It is just a question of time,” Pakistani newspaper and television commentator Shafqat Mahmood told The Associated Press (AP) on Tuesday. Monday’s elections were an embarrassment for Musharraf’s party, which mustered only 15 percent of voters to its side. This humiliation revealed the lack of co
