Dictatorship or ‘democracy’?

Without freedom, either can be a recipe for more Islamic terrorism | Marvin Olasky

Pro-American dictator or anti-American democracy? That's the choice in Pakistan now, where President (and top general) Pervez Musharraf has suspended his country's constitution, fired the country's chief justice, and shut down nongovernmental television stations. He said that had he not acted, Islamist extremists would have taken over the country.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continues to urge publicly a return to democracy and the ending of "extraconstitutional measures." But it didn't take long after Musharaff's move for Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell to say that it "does not impact our military support of Pakistan." You don't need a translator to spot the wink, winking that is going on.