Media upset with Bush for his Pakistan-"Busharraf"-Aid

US media takes dim view of Bush's aid largesse to Pak

Photo: President Pervez Musharraf, also nicknamed by criticial Pakistanis as "Busharraf"

Washington, June 30 - Hindustan Times

Sections of the American media have sharply criticised President George W Bush for his aid largesse to Pakistan and excessive reliance on President Pervez Musharraf, a man who has “consistently failed to live up to his promises”.

In a hard-hitting editorial, the Washington Post said on Monday that Pakistan, under its “self-appointed president” has since 9/11 become “the world’s single largest haven of Islamic terrorists”. ---

The Boston Globe said “the truth is that Musharraf’s government has been far from a perfect partner in the campaign against terrorism”. It, however, felt that Bush had done well to make the aid package contingent on Musharraf delivering the goods on three fronts: terrorism, non-proliferation and democratisation. ---

The San Jose Mercury News, in an opinion piece, noted that there are limits to this anti-Islamist cooperation. “The Pakistanis are happy to arrest Arab terrorists, but they are reluctant to pursue the Taliban, who enjoy the sanctuary of their Pushtun tribal brothers within Pakistan. And they won’t fully crackdown on Islamist militants who carry out cross-border terror attacks into Indian-controlled Kashmir.”

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