WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 — Almost two weeks into Pakistan’s political crisis, Bush administration officials are losing faith that the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, can survive in office and have begun discussing what might come next, according to senior administration officials.

In meetings on Wednesday, officials at the White House, StateDepartment and the Pentagon huddled to decide what message DeputySecretary of State John D. Negropontewould deliver to General Musharraf — and perhaps more important, toPakistan’s generals — when he arrives in Islamabad on Friday.
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Oh ive been saying this is going to happen and Bush is going to allow him to go into exile in the US iam sure and the power will be shifted to Bhutto's and i beleive she can as she is head of the largest part of the Pakistani Congress and she is calling for him to step down and i think the best thing would be for him to step down as Musharraff has made things worst.

I can't say I'm an expert in Pakistani politics (who can?), but Musharraf has been the only reason we haven't had even more trouble with Pakistan than we've had.  I don't really know what Benazir Bhutto's policies are, or whether she would be good for Pakistan, or, more importantly, good for us.  However, it's pretty clear that the current upheaval in Pakistan began with her return to the country.  Musharraf's Presidency is obviously not the perfect choice (for us or for them), but I'm very leery of any attempt to replace him - he may just be the best we could reasonably hope for in that nation.

Also, the NY Times again recently published classified National Security Secrets when it revealed that we have been spending a lot of $$ to guard Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal.  No one made a big deal about it, I guess because it seems like such an obvious and practical precaution that everyone (myself included) wondered why such a program should be secret in the first place.  Nevertheless, this doesn't change the fact that it was secret, it was a National Security issue, someone leaked it to the Times, and the New York Times didn't even hestitate to publish it.  

When will the NY Times be held to account?  Where is the Bush Admin. on preventing Classified National Security Secrets from being published openly in the press with no accountability whatsoever?  What the hell is going on?  

I ususally hesitate to say what I would do if elected President (or, better yet, King) of the United States; but I think that most conservatives, if put in the President's position, would do something about this problem with the press in general, and the New York Times in particular.  I would certainly shut that entire paper down so fast their heads would still be spinning as their reporters, editors, and publisher, and owner were tossed in jail awaiting their execution for Treason.  

Unfortunately, there no longer appears to be a crime called "treason" anymore in this Country; and zero desire by the Bush Administration to curtail or prevent treason, whether by the press or anyone else.