The true face of the war on terror

Mustafa Qadri writes for New Matilda:

Part of the thinking in the West may be that Musharraf provides stability in a volatile region of the world. But by investing too much in Musharraf as an individual agent of stability, Pakistan’s Western allies are actually consolidating his grip on power instead of developing institutional stability in the country. Rather than being a vanguard against religious fanaticism and militancy, Musharraf is actually creating a vacuum in legitimate authority that is improving the prospects of a militant Islamist takeover.