TNR Online | Silent Partner

If India and Pakistan go to war, how much of the blame will be on the heads of the Bush Administration? Quite a bit, according to Lawrence Kaplan. After years of the US backing away from Pakistan and embracing India, the Administration got in bed with Musharraf soon after 9-11, as soon as it became clear we would be fighting in Afghanistan.

And that's OK! Sometimes, you need to make compromises. But the Administration (Colin the Good Cop in particular) has been too unwilling to stand up and say that Pakistan needs to control terrorists working from within its borders. I'm not one who normally thinks that our government can just waive a magic wand and get other countries to change their policies. But this thing would never have gotten this far if Musharraf had gotten slapped on the head a few months ago. Now it may be too late for us to get him to back down... Meaning it could be too late for millions of people living in the subcontinent.