In an interview with Fox News, when asked about the possibility of granting General Musharraf asylum in the USA, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice made the statement.

“This is an issue that is not on the table, and I just want to keep our focus on what we must do with the democratic government of Pakistan.”

After his unstinting support for US policy in Pakistan, now that Musharraf’s usefulness to the US has ended – the US is making it clear that it owes him no favours. It seems that the future of General Musharaff is not even on the table to be discussed as far as Condoleeza Rice is concerned.

Musharraf has served the US as a loyal hound – by amongst other things, letting the Americans use Pakistani air space and bases to attack Afghanistan, permitting the establishment of FBI offices in every major city and giving the green light for the US to bomb and kill Pakistani citizens.

No one yet knows what the fate of Musharraf will be, as he is said to have sought immunity from future legal action before being ousted from office. If history is anything to go by it will not be a very pleasant for the General.

The new leaders of “democratic” Pakistan ought to learn a lesson from this. The colonialists like Britain and America will only support them as long they work to secure their colonial designs for Pakistan and the region. Once they have served their purpose they too will be disposed of and forgotten.

Pakistan has been plagued with rulers that bend to the will of other nations, instead of looking after the needs of their people. It is the current political set up that ensures that there is always an alternative ruler for the likes of the USA to use to further her aims. This will continue until the current political system is uprooted completely and replaced.

The yo-yoing between military and “democratic” rule has left Pakistani society in tatters and the people in misery. The only escape from this is to bring Islam to all of life’s affairs- by establishing the Khilafah State as the political system.