Pakistan: Democracy Disappoints

Con Coughlin pinpoints the Achilles' heel of democracy promotion: unhelpful democratic leaders.  Pakistan's coalition government is not fighting the terrorists.  Now, Pervez Musharraf was no bargain, either, and the United States could not simply place its entire wager on Musharraf.  Fact is, we had no good options in Pakistan, a grim reality that will prevail for the foreseeable future.